Low-flying Catalina

[sapper740]

Originally posted by Snowtractor
Isn't CANSO the designation after the PBY is converted to a water bomber?

The RCAF differentiated between the amphibious Canso and the flying boat Catalina by naming them differently. Canada has had a predilection for renaming and/or renumbering some aircraft, whether made in Canada or not, e.g.:

British Blenheim.....Canadian Bolingbroke
American AT-6, Texan, SNJ.....Canadian Harvard
American Beech 18.....Canadian Expeditor (slang-Exploder!)
American Orion......Canadian Aurora
French Air Bus A310....Canadian Polaris
American F 18.....Canadian CF 118

and so on.