In one case, a PBY was presented to the governments of five ... it flew as tanker #777 for Flying Fireman, Ltd. of Sidney, ...

About 1,200 Irish rebels rose up against 20,000 British troops in a doomed attempt to throw off centuries of British colonial rule. The Easter Rising may have failed in that moment, but the ...

British torpedo aircraft attacked the ship ... after the U.S. entered the war six months later. The rugged American PBY-5, meanwhile, earned a name for itself: The Brits called it “Catalina.” ...