[ARC5] [Milsurplus] History of the GO-series of USN

[Robert Eleazer]

60 PBY-1 were ordered in June 1935.  11 of them were delivered in 1936 and 49 in 1937

Then 50 PBY-2 were ordered and all were delivered by the end of 1938.

Then 66 PBY-3 were ordered in Nov 1936.

Then 33 PBY-4 were ordered in Dec 1937 and most were converted to PBY-5A's on the production line.

134 PBY-5 were ordered in Nov 1940

Then 586 PBY-5 were ordered in 1941 and 1942 followed by 627 PBY-5A and another 225 PBY-5B for the RAF.

So by 1939 they had bought 209 PBYs.

By the way, the USAAF operated them as well, as the OA-9. I wonder if they had the same radios as the USN birds.

Wayne
WB5WSV 

 


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