What book would you recommend about the PBY Catalina?

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Look for PBY book recommendations. Especially interested in RAF use, but mostly curious about typical operations and characteristics of the aircraft. I know where to go for scale model reference...looking for what it was like to fly or serve on one.
 
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I have the following. Not recommending them as such but they all have a lot about Cats in different theatres.
North Atlantic Cat by Don McVicar -
Flying Cats by Andrew Hendrie -
Wings of the Dawning by Arthur Banks - Indian Ocean -
Catalina over Arctic oceans by John French -
My War by Andy Padbury - bit more light-hearted but a fun read -
I seek my Prey in the waters by Tom Dudley-Gordon - Cats only feature in parts -

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If you want just an all round beautiful book try this one:

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fritzthefox said:
Look for PBY book recommendations. Especially interested in RAF use, but mostly curious about typical operations and characteristics of the aircraft. I know where to go for scale model reference...looking for what it was like to fly or serve on one.
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Not sure how you will go getting a copy but author PG Taylor did several books - he pushed the Cat further and harder than anyone and used the first Catalina borrowed from an oil company (as i remember it). Just pre-war in making survey flights in the Indian Ocean - Then his flight from Bermuda to Clipperton Island to Bora Bora, Auckland, Sydney, Canton Island, Honolulu, San Diego.
That culminated in his flight to South America via Easter Island - taking off - way overloaded with fuel - by the assistance of RATO bottles.
The Sky Beyond - Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor - PG Taylor Cassel Aust 1963
The Man who saved Smithy - Rick Searle - Allen & Unwin 2015
His Boats were Guba and Frigate Bird

Biography - Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor - Australian Dictionary of Biography

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From these you'll get a good idea of techniques of handling Cats

Pic is me doing a fly-by in my Dad's Brumby
 

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