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    Airframe Family: Consolidated PBY/OA-10 Catalina / Canso
    Latest Model:PB2B-1 Catalina
    Last Military Serial:A24-385 RAAF
    Last Civil Registration:VH-ASA
    Compressed ID:Boeing Canada PB2B-1 sn A24-385 RAA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Power House Museum, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PB2B-1 by Boeing Canada.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 44248.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n JX630.

    From 3 September 1945 to 22 August 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A24-385.

    January 1951

    Civil registration VH-AGB {1} reserved but not taken up.
    Reserved by Captain P. G. Taylor, Sydney, NSW.

    12 March 1951

    To P. G. Taylor, Sydney, NSW with new c/r VH-ASA.

    From 15 March 1951 to 26 March 1951

    Flown on pioneering flight Australia-Chile, by P G Taylor.Taylor set off from the flying boat base at Rose Bay in Sydney - Stops were made at: Noumea, New Caledonia; RNZAF Station Luthala Bay, Suva, Fiji; Stapuala Bay, Samoa; Aitutaki; Cook Islands; Papeete Harbour, Tahiti; and Mangareva, French Oceania; and Easter Island - landing at the capital of Chile, Valparaiso.

    1953

    To Airmotive Supply, NY.

    From Circa 1953 to 1961

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at RAAF Rathmines (and) Sydney.

    From 1961 to 1974

    Loaned to Museum of Arts (and) Applied Sciences, Sydney.

    From 1974 to 1983

    Loaned to Camden Museum of Aviation, NSW,.

    1987

    To Power House Museum, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales.
    Markings added: Frigate Bird II
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    September 2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2015 photo - displayed at The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney NSW
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