Click to open image viewer. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a power-driven bow turret, tall tail with a taller vertical fin first seen on the PBN-1; outrigger floats from each wingtip, hinged to fold ...

The Catalina (PBY) was a long-range flying boat developed in the 1930s, known for its unique retracting wingtip floats and an impressive 4,000-mile patrol range thanks to powerful twin engines and ...