In a significant development for historic aircraft preservation, the National Naval Aviation Museum's PBY-5A Catalina (BuNo 46602) is now en route from Pensacola, Florida, to the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, ...

Accepted by the U.S. Navy on December 22, 1941, BuNo 2459 became the fourth amphibious PBY delivered to the Navy. It was pressed into service right away, joining VP-73 as aircraft number 9.