xx1/28 PBY-5A CatalinaGUI 2004 Guillows Consolidated PBY 5A Catalina Flying Boat Flown by most Allied Forces in World War 2, the PBY Catalina became the most successful wartime flying boat because of its flight range, carrying capacity and ability to land on any reasonable body of calm water. From the attack on Pearl Harbor thru wars end, the PBY saw service in nearly every combat theater around the globe from icy Greenland and Alaska to the steaming tropics of the South