Consolidated PBY Catalina
| Type: | Flying Boat |
| Role: | Patrol/Search and Rescue |
| Top speed: | 196 mph / 314 kph |
| Service Ceiling: | 15,800' / 4,00 m |
| Range: | 2520 mi / 4,030 km |
| Weight: | 20,910 lbs / 9,485 kg |
| Wingspan: | 104′ 0″ / 31.70 m |
| Length: | 63′ 10″ / 19.46 m |
| Height: | 21' 1″ / 6.15 m |
| Power: | 2 1,200 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp Radial Engines |
| Crew: | 10 (Pilot, Co-pilot, Flight engineer, 2 Radio Operators, Navigator, Bow-Turret Gunner, 2 Waist Gunners, Ventral Gunner) |
| Designer(s): | Isaac M. Laddon |
| Manufacturer: | Consolidated Aircraft |
| Number Manufactured: | 3,305 |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| First Flight: | March 28, 1935 |
| Retired: | 1957 (US), 1979 (Brazil) |
| Guns: | 3 .30 cal machine guns (2 nose turret, 1 tail) 2 .50 cal machine guns (1 on each side) |
| Bombs: | Up to 4000 lbs. / 1814 kg of bombs, depth charges, or torpedoes |