Photos: PBY-2
BuNo 0454
11-P-12
1937-May-15

This photo of the first PBY-2 was taken at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in San Diego, shortly before being delivered to VP-11F. Comparing the roofline to the photo of the plant on p182 of Reuben Fleet and the Story of Consolidated Aircraft leads me to believe the plane is left of the left/rear corner of the building with the photographer facing the small section of building that extends from the main rear wall.

Note the other PBY behind 0454, facing the other direction.

Caption (back):
Date:1937-May-15
A/C:PBY-2
Unit:VP-11F
By:Convair
Place:San Diego


(Photo from the R.L.Lawson collection, courtesy of the Nat'l Museum of Naval Aviation)