When the USS Cooper (DD-695) was hit by Japanese torpedoes in the Battle of Leyte, a famed PBY “Black Cat” was up to the task. Almost immediately, just after midnight, the U.S. Navy destroyer group ...

Gordon was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as commander of a Catalina Patrol Plane that rescued 15 United States Army Fifth Air Force service members shot down in ...

Lake Superior Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force is rebuilding a PBY Catalina, an unsung hero of World War II. Dan Hayes removes paint from the fuselage of a PBY Catalina, a flying boat used ...

World War II produced numerous airmen awarded the Medal of Honor, the vast majority of whom flew in bombers or fighters. There were, of rare exceptions, of course, and among the rarest was Nathan ...