Us Navy Mystery Plane (1940)

Full title reads: “US Navy Mystery Plane“. Anacostia Naval Base, Maryland, United States of America (USA). Various good shots of the amphibious version of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina flying boat. landing at an American naval airfield. Various closer shots showing how the wheels and floats retract into the machine to change it back into a normal Catalina flying boat. Paperwork suggests that this plane is given the code number - XBBY5A - and that it is a long range bomber. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. Dupe of item from 40/7 (Film ID ) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Brit