| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | CC-CDT |
| Fleet number: | 32 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated OA-10A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | CV-596 |
| Operator Titles: | Aéroservicio Parragué - ASPAR |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Santiago - Arturo Merino BenítezMap |
| Country: | Chile |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: SCEL IATA: SCL Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio - FIDAE 2012 |
| Photo Date: | 30 March 2012 |
| Photo by: | Iván Peña Nesbit |
| Photo ID: | 271273 |
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This aircraft is widely quoted, also officially, as CV-332, but this is not correct. It is in fact a composite aircraft constructed in 1950 by Aero Corp. (Atlanta, GA), using the fuselage of OA-10A 44-34085 c/n CV-596 (which is this aircraft's correct identity). But when in Sep 1950 it was officially registered as N1933M, it was given the fictitious c/n 332 (later changed to CV-332). Since then this error was copied for all its subsequent identities: TF-RVR, CF-FKV, F-WMKS, French Navy 32 and CC-CDT. C/n 332 was RAAF Catalina A24-16 (w/o 10 Apr 1943) and c/n CV-332 was USAAF OA-10A Catalina 44-33880 (w/o 18 May 1945). It seems very unlikely that any part of either aircraft was used in the construction of this Catalina. This photo is copyright © Iván Peña Nesbit, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 16 August 2020, and has since been viewed 984 times. |