Consolidated PB2Y Coronado

by Richard Hoffman

The PB2Y Coronado was a large flying boat patrol bomber designed by Consolidated Aircraft. After deliveries of the PBY Catalina, also a Consolidated aircraft, began in 1935, the United States Navy began planning for the next generation of patrol bombers. Orders for two prototypes, the XPB2Y-1 and the Sikorsky XPBS-1, were placed in 1936; the prototype Coronado first flew in December 1937.

After trials with the XPB2Y-1 prototype revealed some stability...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094261285X
• ISBN13: 9780942612851
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Ginter Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"