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    Airframe Family: Consolidated PBY/OA-10 Catalina / Canso
    Latest Model:PBY-5A Catalina
    Last Military Serial:11042 RCAF
    Construction Number:CV.333
    Last Civil Registration:N315KM
    Compressed ID:Consolidated PBY-5A sn 11042 RCAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sea Link Aviation Inc, Washington, DC

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a PBY-5A.

    From 12 February 1944 to 15 December 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 11042.

    15 December 1960

    To Province of Quebec Department of Lands and Forests with new c/r CF-PQF.

    From 1965 to 1973

    To Department of Transportation, Quebec QUE keeping c/r CF-PQF.

    1973

    To Government of Quebec, Quebec City QUE with new c/r C-FPQF.

    Operated as fire service #711.

    May 1986


    Photographer: Regent Dansereau / Eric Bannwarth Collection

    From August 1994 to 2014

    To Minos Kiriakou/Athenian Airlift Services, Athens and Nicosia Villa Franca with new c/r 5B-PBY.

    29 August 2014

    To Sea Link Aviation Inc, Washington, DC with new c/r N315KM.
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     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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