No. 209 Squadron RAF
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Number 209 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force was originally formed from a nucleus of "Naval Eight" on 1 February 1917 at Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France, as No. 9 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service and
Lerwick L7265, ‘WQ-Q’ of 209 Squadron. Taking off from Loch Ryan, March 1941
Consolidated PBY Catalina
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The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina, is an American flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In U.S. Army service, i
No. 209 Squadron RAF
…From October 1939 it patrolled the Atlantic from Oban. Two further re-equipments occurred, in December 1939 (Saro Lerwicks) and then in April 1941 (Consolidated Catalinas). Familiarisation with the U.S. supplied Catalinas was aided by the secondment of U.S. military personnel who also flew on active service patrols…
A Canadian built Canso A representing a United States Army Air Forces OA-10 operated in the UK.
PBY waist gunner mounting port side gun blister (1942)
Two technicians servicing the Twin Wasp engine of a Catalina, August 1942
A radar-equipped PBY-5A from VP-6(CG) over Greenland, in 1945