Low-flying Catalina

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by herkman
As promised here are the details of the six PBY5A'a that went to the Dutch in Indonesa.

RAAF Burea Durch Serial Fate
A24-98 46534 P244 Scrapped 1957
A24-99 46535 P224 Scrapped 1957
A24-104 46594 P220 Scrapped 1956
A24-110 46619 P221 Scrapped 1956
A24-111 46620 P222 Scrapped 1956
A24-112 46621 P225 Scrapped 1958

Col, thanks for that. You list two P224's, I guess one of them is P223 - this must be A24-92 instead of A24-98?. According to my info they were re-numbered 16-220 to -225. It's a shame we did not get more use out of these completely overhauled Catalina's, but when the Dutch left New Guinea there was no need for them any longer.

Hanno


16-220 1959 A24-104 19 Feb 1954 PBY-5A, ex-RAAF, USN 46594, scrapped Boroekoe 21 Aug 1956
16-221 1984 A24-110 23 July 1954 PBY-5A, ex-RAAF, USN 46619, scrapped Boroekoe 12 Aug 1956
16-222 1985 A24-111 Aug 1954 PBY-5A, ex-RAAF, USN 46620, scrapped Boroekoe 12 Aug 1956
16-223 1855 A24-92 1954 PBY-5A, ex-RAAF, USN 46491, cannibalised, soc 15 Apr 1954
16-224 1899 A24-99 2 Feb 1954 PBY-5A, ex-RAAF, USN 46535, scrapped Boroekoe 1 July 1957
16-225 1986 A24-112 8 Dec 1954 PBY-5A, ex-RAAF, USN 46621, scrapped Boroekoe 28 Aug 1956