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Item GUI 2004, Giant Scale WWII Models Wing Span 45-1/2 inches,
Scale 1/28. Flown by most Allied Forces in World War 2, the PBY Catalina became
the most successful wartime flying boat because of its flight range, carrying
capacity and ability to land on any reasonable calm body of water. From the
attack on Pearl Harbor thru war's end, the PBY saw service in nearly every
combat theater around the globe-from icy Greenland and Alaska to the steaming
tropics of the South Pacific where many personnel of downed bombers owed their
lives to at-sea rescues by PBY's. When the war terminated in 1945, many
surviving Catalina's began new careers as cargo transports, forest fire water
bombers and members of geophysical survey teams. In these and other civilian
roles, a number of PBY's continued to
successfully operate until the early
1980's.
PVHC Price: $82.44
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