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	CONSOLIDATED PBY-6A CATALINA	1943
	MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT

DATA

CONSOLIDATED PBY-6A CATALINA

CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :	MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :	UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :	CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
FIRST FLIGHT :	1943
SERVICE DELIVERY :	1944-45
NUMBER BUILT :	175

SPECIFICATION
SPAN :	104 ft 3 in
LENGTH :	64 ft 8 in
HEIGHT :	21 ft 3 in
WING AREA :	1,400 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :	19,288 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :	36,353 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :	38,000 lbs
POWER PLANT :	Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92, 1,200 hp@ Takeoff , 1050 hp
	@ 7,000 ft, Two-Row, Twin Wasp Radial Engines
ARMAMENT :	1 x 30 Machine Gun in Nose Turret
	2 x 50 cal Machine Gun Amidship in Two Sliding Waist Hatches
	1 x 50 cal Machine Guns in Bottom Rear of Hull Firing
	Through Tunnel Opening
BOMB LOAD :	4 x 325 lbs Depth Charges in Underwing Racks, or
	4 x 500 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
	4 x 1000 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
	2 x 1,435 lbs Mark XIII Torpedoes, 8,000 lbs Total Bomb Load
CREW :	8 - Pilot, Co-pilot, Bow Turret Gunner, Flight Mechanic, Radioman,
	Navigator and Two Waist Gunners

PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :	178 mph @ 7,000 ft, 167 mph @ Sea Level
CRUISING SPEED :	107 mph
LANDING SPEED :	79 mph
CLIMB RATE :	630 ft/min
RANGE :	2,535 miles Patrol, 1,405 w/ 4 x 325 lbs Depth Charges, 2,195 miles
	w/ 2,000 lbs Bomb Load
SERVICE CEILING :	16,200 ft

	REFERENCES
	Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2. Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7. Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

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