By Greg Kittinger - A couple of weeks ago I travelled down the turnpike to Oklahoma City to attend (and enter) the SoonerCon 2017 contest. This beautiful PB4Y-2 was the belle of the ball, taking 1st in category, Modeler's Choice, and Best of Show awards. I asked a friend of mine who had brought his nice camera with light…...
A group picture of some of the crew members. My datd is in the back row, far left. He was about 20 years old at the time.
Another crew of a PB4Y-1 with radar dome secured below fuselage, just visible over the far left sailor's shoulder. The radar array's "silo" was cranked up during landing and while on the ground.
PB4Y-2 Privateer, Chino 2017
The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was a World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy - English
The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was a World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy - English
PB4Y-2 Privateer — best long-range patrol aircraft of WW II? The Convair PB4Y-2 Privateer was a significantly improved Consolidated B-24 Liberator model built for long-range patrol requirements from the U.S. Navy. Notably the dual tail fins disappeared in favor of a tall single vertical fin. Less obvious but no less significant are round (instead of oval…
PB4Y2 Privateers
Highly detailed cutaway structural diagram of the Consolidated Catalina from 1939
The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was a World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy - English
The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was a World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy - English
Consolidated / Vultee PBY-2G Super Privateer (N2871G) (Bu 66302) (Modex #6302) Owned by Hans Lauridsen / Lauridsen Air Museum, Phoenix-Glendale, Arizona (2006-2013) Was Aerial Tanker #121 Owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Greybull, Wyoming (1969-2005)
