FLYING BOAT and PBY: THE CATALINA FLYING BOAT

Book 1: FLYING BOAT by Spring (Ivan)

The history of 262 Squadron RAF and the origins of 35 Squadron SAAF

Softcover, xv plus 170pp. BW photographs. Some corner creases overall clean condition

The book describes the formation of 35 Squadron. Formed during World War II, 35 Squadron is one of the SAAF’s most storied units, long associated with maritime patrol and transport operations.

Formed on 2 February 1945 by renumbering South African manned 262 Squadron RAF which was operating Catalinas from Congella (Durban harbour) and St Lucia on the Natal coast and from Langebaan on the West Cape coast. In April 1945 the squadron received the first of 16 Sunderland GR 5s, but peace prevented the squadron from going to the Far East and the Sunderlands were used for ferrying South African troops home from Cairo.

Spring Air Johannesburg 1995
First edition 175 x 240mm

Book 2: PBY The Catalina Flying Boat by Creed (Roscoe)

Xvii plus 351 pages. BW photographs. Book in solid, clean condition

The PBY Catalina was one of the most versatile aircraft ever built. This definitive study pulls together in a single volume all of the aircraft's fascinating facts. The author carefully analyzes the PBY's dual use in the war as a plane of mercy and as a bomber, and he chronicles the flying boat's contributions in peacetime.

Airlife Publishing Shrewsbury 1986

Second edition 230 x 155mm