PBY-5A Catalina RAF Catalina Mk I Z1247 No. 202 Squadron

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Consolidated PBY Catalina Mk.I, Z2147 AX-L, of Nº. 202 Squadron RAF based at Gibraltar

While serving with the Squadron, Z2147 was credited with nine successful attacks on enemy submarines.
Consolidated Catalina of the RAF, 1941.  The squadron played a part in the sinking of one U-boat during 1942, helping the Royal Navy sink U-74 in the Western Mediterranean on 2 May. The squadron's second and final U-boat sinking came on 13 February 1943 when U-620 was sunk to the north-west of Lisbon by an aircraft providing a convoy escort.  202 squadron was heavily involved in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942. After a long period of operating almost alone, it began part of a strong force based at Gibraltar. It also played a part in the clandestine operations before the invasion, picking up General Mark Clark on 24 October on his way back from a secret visit to North Africa.
(Photo source - © IWM (CM 6524)
Royal Air Force official photographer
Daventry, Bertrand John Henry (Flight Lieutenant)
(Colour by Doug) 
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