
Consolidated Aircraft
34 aircraft types.
The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet in Buffalo, New York, the result of the Gallaudet Aircraft Company's liquidation and Fleet's purchase of designs from the Dayton-Wright Company as the subsidiary was being closed by its parent corporation, General Motors. Consolidated became famous during the 1920s and 1930s for its line of flying boats. The most successful of the Consolidated patrol boats was the PBY Catalina, which was produced throughout World War II and used extensively by the Allies. Equally famous was the B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber which, like the Catalina, saw action in both the Pacific and European theaters.
- Founded
- 1923
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- San Diego
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Aircraft types

A-11
attack aircraft by Consolidated
First flight 1933
Catalina Mk. II
maritime patrol flying boat
Consolidated P4Y-2K Privateer
maritime patrol aircraft model by Consolidated Aircraft
Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
maritime patrol flying boat model by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina
American maritime patrol flying boat
Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina
maritime patrol flying boat

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
maritime patrol flying boat
Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
maritime patrol flying boat
Consolidated RY-1 Liberator Express
airlifter model by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
NY-1
military trainer biplane model by Consolidated Aircraft
NY-2
trainer aircraft model by Consolidated Aircraft
NY-3
trainer biplane model by Consolidated Aircraft

P-30A
fighter aircraft model by Consolidated Aircraft
P2Y-2
1936 maritime patrol flying boat by Consolidated Aircraft
P2Y-3
flying boat model by Consolidated
PB2Y-2 Coronado
flying boat model by Consolidated Aircraft
PB2Y-3 Coronado
1941 reconnaissance aircraft model by Consolidated
PB2Y-5 Coronado
flying boat model by Consolidated Aircraft
PBY-1 Catalina
maritime patrol flying boat
PBY-3 Catalina
maritime patrol flying boat

PT-3
training aircraft
RY-2 Liberator Express
airlifter model by Consolidated
RY-3 Liberator Express
airlifter model by Consolidated

XB2Y-1
1933 prototype bomber aircraft model by Consolidated Aircraft
XBY-1
bomber aircraft model by Consolidated Aircraft
XN2Y-1
prototype naval trainer biplane model by Fleet Aircraft
XN3Y-1
prototype naval trainer biplane model by Consolidated
XN4Y-1
prototype naval trainer biplane model by Consolidated
XP2Y-1
prototype flying boat model by Consolidated
XP3Y-1 Catalina
prototype flying boat model by Consolidated Aircraft

XP4Y-1 Corregidor
1939 prototype patrol flying boat model by Consolidated Aircraft
XP5Y-1 Tradewind
prototype flying boat model by Convair
XPB2Y-1 Coronado
prototype flying boat model by Consolidated Aircraft

Y1P-25
fighter aircraft prototype model by Consolidated Aircraft