Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina, N15KL / 2070, Commemorative Air Force
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Registration: N15KL
Construction Number: 2070
Code Number: 64000/18
Model Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
Operator: Commemorative Air Force
Airport: Harlingen - Valley International (HRL / KHRL), USA - Texas
Photographer: Brian Bickers Collection
Date Taken: 1972
Date Submitted: 07/05/2018
US Navy service as BuAer 64000 to 11/56. Royal Danish Air Force as 82-868/L-868 to 11/70. To CAF Harlingen TX 1972 as N15KL. Pictured with Ghost Squadron titles on the tail. Destroyed in fatal crash at Harlingen 8/75. The location of the picture is believed to be correct, taken in front of one of the Confederate Airforce hangers in Harlingen, Texas. The aircraft stopped at Prestwick on the way back to the USA and would have had partial RDAF markings at that time. Photographer Roger Davis.
Picture ID:1603201