Quantas Empire Airways, Australia. PB2B-2 Catalina VH-EBD

Qantas Empire Airways' "Island Patrol" ex RAAF A24-371 in New Guinea during the 1950s.
Boeing Canada built version of the PBY-5 but with the taller fin of the PBN-1. 67 built. Most supplied to the RAF as the Catalina VI. Higher power engines (using higher octane fuel), discontinued use of propeller spinners, standardized waist gun blisters. Self-sealing fuel tanks introduced during production run.