Scarborough, Captin W. E., — PBY CATALINA IN ACTION.
Squadron / Signal Publications, Carrollton, Texas, 1983, 1st edn. US, paperback original, decorated title, 50pp, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills in text, large landscape format (8 x 11" approx.), stapled coloured pictorial wrappers, a detailed account of the Consolidated PBY Catalina, designed to meet a 1932 US Navy requirement for a patrol plane the requirments had been met by 1939 but production continued long after on orders for the export version PBY-5, to meet the re-armament requirements of Britain, Canada, Australia, France and the Netherlands. The US Navy placed a further order in December 1939 and eventually well over 3000 were produced, in a number of variants and armament options, details of which are included, as is a double-page colour spread of the different liveries, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,
