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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 1/150 Scale Diecast Model S/N A24-13, No. 11 Sqn, RAAF Brand: Postage Stamp Collection SKU: PS55565
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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 1/150 Scale Diecast Model, No. 11 Sqn, RAAF – PS55565
Length | 13.0 cm | 5.1 in | Approx |
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Wingspan | 21.3 cm | 8.4 in | Approx |
Diecast model features:
- Constructed with metal and plastic components
- Undercarriage fixed retracted
- Display stand included.
Postage Stamp Collection PS55565
Postage Stamp Collection PS55565 replicates in 1/150 scale diecast the PBY-5A Catalina of serial number A24-13, No. 11 Squadron, Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF), circa 1941.
No. 11 Sqn, RAAF
No. 11 Squadron, RAAF is a maritime patrol unit based at RAAF Base Edinburgh, formed in 1939 and operated the PBY from 1941 until 1950.
Consolidated PBY Catalina
The Consolidated PBY Catalina is an American twin-engine flying boat and amphibious aircraft. Designed for the US Navy as a maritime patrol and bomber, it first flew on March 28, 1935, entering service in 1936 with VP-6 and VP-11 US Navy. Known as the OA-10 in USAF service, Catalina with the British Commonwealth and Canso with the Canadians. With the war’s end, the flying boat variants were withdrawn from service; amphibious variants remained in military service until the 1980s. Built under licence in Canada and the USSR, production ended in 1945 with over 3,000 airframes built.
The flight crew consists of ten: pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, radar operator, two waist gunners and ventral gunner. The flight engineers’ station is in the wing pylon between the engines.
The PYB-5 uses two Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines mounted one to each wing, driving three-bladed constant-speed propellers. The armament consisted of three machine guns, two in the nose turret, one in a ventral hatch in the tail, and one in each waist blister. Underwing racks could carry up to 1,814 kg (4,000 lb) stores.
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 1/150 Scale Diecast Model S/N A24-13, No. 11 Sqn, RAAF Brand: Postage Stamp Collection SKU: PS55565
AUD $44.00
In stock