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Description
| Manufacturer: | Consolidated |
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| Base model: | PB4Y | ||
| Designation: | PB4Y | ||
| Version: | -2 | ||
| Nickname: | Privateer | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1935-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol Bomber | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 74' 7" | 22.7 m | |
| Height: | 30' 1" | 9.1 m | |
| Wingspan: | 110' | 33.5 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,048.0 sq ft | 97.3 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 37,485 lb | 17,000 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 65,000 lb | 29,478 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1350 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,800 miles | 4,508 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 140 mph | 225 km/h | 121 kt |
| Max Speed: | 237 mph | 381 km/h | 205 kt |
| Ceiling: | 20,700 ft | 6,309 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Lone Star Flight Museum | Galveston | Texas |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Yankee Air Museum | Belleville | Michigan |
PB4Y-2 on display
Lone Star Flight Museum | National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Doug Peebles Bosotn, MA | That's my Dad! Thomas Peebles (not "Peebles"), pilot of "Monkey Business" in VPB-111. They called him "Spider" because he was so tall and skinny he looked like a daddy long-legs.
My Dad died a couple of years ago, but he told me a thousand stories about flying B-24's (in VPB-109 and VPB-111) and PBY's before that. Contact me at peebsfam@msn.com if you'd like so hear some of them. 05/29/2013 @ 11:36 [ref: 67848] |
| Roger Rickard Garland, TX | in the crew pictures below the man in center 1st row looks a lot like my dad-Walter Rickard- he was a tail gunner 1st tour; crew chief 2nd-would be great if any one could confirm 03/14/2013 @ 05:50 [ref: 67664] |
| Gerald Hanson (Jerry) Raleigh, NC | I joined the US Naval Air Reserve March, 1954 at NAS Niagara Falls, NY. My squadrons (VP-851, VP-852) were then flying the PV-2 Harpoon and eventually switched to the PB4Y-2 Privateer. At that time as an Airman Recruit (AR) I was part of the ground crew that stood fire extinguisher watch for engine starting, pulled the chocks for taxi out and spotted the aircraft for parking. I flew many times in the PB4Y-2 mostly as a passenger before I became part of a flight crew. In June 1960 I earned my Navy Aircrew Wings and became part of a flight crew as a radioman. NAS Niagara Falls closed in 1960 and all VP squadrons transferred to NAS New York, NY (Floyd Bennett Field). In August 1960 in VP-837 I was promoted to Petty Officer 3rd Class as an ATN-3 (Aviation Electronics Technican/Navigation). I completed my reserve commitment March 1962. I plan on uploading many of my PB4Y-2 photos to your web site. 01/02/2013 @ 18:42 [ref: 67466] |
| Duane Donnally Menifee, CA | I saw the note from Ron Sathre about "Mr. Kip." In reviewing my dad's flight log, I found that my dad had some time in that plane as well (plane# 59424). Would like to share notes with Ron, or anyone for that matter, on PB4Y-2s or anything regarding the Navy in WWII in the Pacific. My dad was also in PBYs and the Black Cats for a spell. He was an enlisted bombardier. Loved to listen to dad and his buds tell sea stories as a kid. He's gone now, so have to learn more about him and his service the hard way now. He was at Kaneohe during Pearl Harbor attack - a 17 year old nursing a hangover. 06/26/2012 @ 19:56 [ref: 62810] |
| Allen Tibbitts , VA | My grandfather Wilbur Tibbitts Jr was a radio man / gunner on a PB4Y during WWII his Capt. was Tom Peebles. I also have his flight log that list machine numbers/ plane id's that are not listed on this web site. How do I get them posted on here.
Thanks, Allen Tibbitts Jr 05/27/2012 @ 17:18 [ref: 57924] |
| Austen Doolittle Weston, CT | I flew as a radar/radioman in 2 squadrons between 1950 and 1954 first in Vp772 for 6 months in Hawaii and then with VJ1 later VW1 in Guam flying through TYphoons for about 22 months. The PB4Y2 in both instances was a very solid and great airplane. We did lose an airplane and crew in a typhoon in December 1953 which was a terrible shock but the typhoons could take any airplane apart at that time. I flew many times in typhoons without trouble but that was just luck 03/03/2012 @ 15:48 [ref: 53602] |
| Austen Doolittle Weston, CT | I flew as a radar/radioman in 2 squadrons between 1950 and 1954 first in Vp772 for 6 months in Hawaii and then with VJ1 later VW1 in Guam flying through TYphoons for about 22 months. The PB4Y2 in both instances was a very solid and great airplane. We did lose an airplane and crew in a typhoon in December 1953 which was a terrible shock but the typhoons could take any airplane apart at that time. I flew many times in typhoons without trouble but that was just luck 03/03/2012 @ 15:48 [ref: 53601] |
| Scott Daly Chicago, IL | My father, Jim Daly was a pilot with crew 11 with VP-772 in Korea and was stationed at Tinion. He had great pictures taken there and still talks about how much he enjoyed flying the PB4Y. 11/30/2011 @ 10:48 [ref: 50775] |
| Ron Sathre Union City, CA | 16 Oct '11, The PB4Y-2 Privateer was an excellent plane which got almost no recognition during or after WWII. Yet, it outlasted the B-24 Liberator (most produced a/c in US history) in military and civilian air service.
My father, CPO Ray E. Sathre, flew in WWII as a Plane Captain in VPB-121 on PB4Y-2 Privateer, "Mr. Kip." While he passed away in 1989, the memories of the PB4Ys continue. I own "Charlie 50" which is a PB4Y-2, Privateer, 59763, that crashed in 1974 during a firebombing mission in AZ. This Privateer was accepted by the US Navy in February 1945 and went to combat with VPB-111 in the Pacific Theater. It is the last known example of a Privateer which actually flew combat missions in WWII. If you want to talk "PB4Y", give me a ring. 10/16/2011 @ 22:25 [ref: 49596] |
| Hal E Emitt Sr Powell, TN | I WAS ASSIGNED TO VPB-107-A SQUADRON RETURING FROM EUROPE AND REASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC. I MET THEM @ WHEDBY ISLAND WASHINGTON AND WE MOVED TO ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STA. CALIF. WE LATER MOVED TO CROWS LANDING - ABOUT 90 MI. SOUTH OF FRISCO - NEAR MEDESCO CALIF. WE CONTINUED TO TRAIN UNTIL THE JAP. WAR ENDED IN 46. I WAS THE BOMBDIER - IN THE FRONT TERRET - WHISH ALSO CONTAINED THE TWIN 20 MM. THESE WERE VERY IMPROVED FROM EARLIER VERISIONS. THEY HAD AUTOMATIC GUN SIGHTS AND MORE IMPORTANT - A RADAR BOMBSITE - YOU COULD LITERLY DROP A BOMB IN A BUSHEL BASKET!! I JOINED THE NAVAL AIR CORP WHILE A SENIOR IN HISCHOOL IN 1943. 06/05/2011 @ 20:54 [ref: 39190] |
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