12 squadrons overseas. The total acquisition was approximately 700 spread over the following designations: Catalina Mk I, Mk IA (PBY-5A amphibian in RCAF service only), Mk IB, Mk II, Mk III, Mk IVB (Canadian built PBY-5, the PB2B-1), Mk IV, and Mk VI (a PBN-1 style tall tail version built in Canada). The Catalina Mk Vs, which would have been PBN-1s, were cancelled. The RAF also acquired a former Soviet Navy GST which landed in Cyprus in November 1941, although it probably was not used before it was beached in a gale at Aboukir in February 1943. In British service, the Catalina was fitted with .303 machineguns, typically a Vickers K in the bow and Browning Model 1919 in the waist. Some received the Leigh light to aid anti-submarine warfare by night. Royal Air Force No. 119 Squadron RAF (1941 and 1941) No. 190 Squadron RAF (1943) No. 191 Squadron RAF (1943-1945) No. 202 Squadron RAF (1941-1945) No. 205 Squadron RAF (1941-1945) No. 209 (Hong Kong) Squadron RAF (1941-1945) No. 210 Squadron RAF (1941-1945) No. 212 Squadron RAF (1942-1945) No. 240 Squadron RAF (1941-1945) No. 259 Squadron RAF (1943-1945) No. 262 Squadron RAF (1942-1943) squadron transferred to South African Air Force as No. 35 Squadron. No. 265 Squadron RAF (1943-1945) No. 270 Squadron RAF (1942-1944) No. 357 Squadron RAF (1944) No. 628 Squadron RAF (1944) No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1941-1943) No. 131 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1942-1945) No. 302 Ferry Training Unit RAF (1942-1945) United States United States Navy VP-1 VP-2 VP-3 VP-4 VP-5 VP-6 VP-7 VP-8 VP-9 VP-10 VP-11 VP-12 VP-15 VP-16 VP-17 VP-18 VP-19 VP-20 VP-21 VP-31 VP-33 VP-34 VP-43 VP-44 VP-45 VP-52 VP-53 VP-54 VP-61 VP-62 VP-62 (1943-4) VP-63 VP-83 VP-84 VP-91 VP-92 VP-93 VP-94 VP-100 VP-900 VP-905 VP-906 VP-907 VP-911 VP-916 VP-917 VP-AM-5 VB-102 FltAirPhotoRonLant United States Army Air Forces 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron (OA-10A) 2d Emergency Rescue Squadron (OA-10A) 3d Emergency Rescue Squadron (OA-10A) 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron (OA-10A) Uruguay Civilian operators Australia Ansett Flying Boat Services Trans Australia Airlines 1 ex-Cathay Pacific/Macau Air Transport Company CBY-5A (acquired from United States Army Air Forces via RCAF) used from 1962-1966 Qantas Between 1940 and 1945, five ex-RAF aircraft were used by Qantas for a Ceylon to Perth service. Brazil Aero Geral Cruzeiro do Sul Panair do Brasil Paraense Transportes Aéreos TABA – Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes VASD – Viação Aérea Santos Dumont Canada