N9505C - Two PBY5As, this one and N31235, were used as retardant and water bombers on a 72,500 acre wildfire in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the late summer of 1976. I was the assistant fire boss for the state on the fire and believe they came from Alaska - by Greg Lusk
Greg Lusk
N9505C - Two PBY5As, this one and N31235, were used as retardant and water bombers on a 72,500 acre wildfire in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the late summer of 1976. I was the assistant fire boss for the state on the fire and believe they came from Alaska - by Greg Lusk
Greg Lusk
N9505C - Two PBY5As, this one and N31235, were used as retardant and water bombers on a 72,500 acre wildfire in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the late summer of 1976. I was the assistant fire boss for the state on the fire and believe they came from Alaska - by Greg Lusk
Greg Lusk
N9505C @ EPH - N9505C Catalina still sat at Ephrata WA - by Pete Hughes
Pete Hughes
@ EPH
N9505C - Photo taken at Ephrata municipal airport in May 2013.  Tires were flat and birds were roosting in engine nacelles. - by Bob Fakler
Bob Fakler