
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | N331RS |
Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
C/n (msn): | 2073 |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Mundelein - Air Estates (closed)Map |
Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: LL09 Other: - |
Collection: | Victory Air Museum |
Photo Date: | 20 May 1981 |
Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
Photo ID: | 637992 |
Photo Comment |
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Former US Navy 64002. Sold as N9548C in 1962. Reregistered as N331RS then sank in Lake Michigan after hitting a submerged object on landing in 1966. Wreck salvaged and moved to the Victory Air Museum in 1972. To the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH for parts and scrapped after the Victory Air Museum closed in 1986. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 January 2024, and has since been viewed 177 times. |