44) (UK and Ceylon). No. 422 Squadron RCAF Catalina IB/III/IV (Jul 42 - Nov 42) (while working up to operational status). Operational Squadrons of the Home War Establishment (HWE) (Based in Canada) Eastern Air Command No. 5 Squadron RCAF Catalina I (Jun 41 - Jul 41); Canso A (Oct 41 - Jun 45) No. 116 Squadron RCAF Catalina I/IB (Jul 41 - Aug 43); Canso A (Sep 43 - Jun 45) No. 117 Squadron RCAF Catalina I/IB/IVA (May 42 - Dec 43); Canso A (May 42 - Aug 43) No. 160 Squadron RCAF Canso A (May 43 - Jun 45) No. 161 Squadron RCAF Canso A (Nov 43 - May 45) No. 162 Squadron RCAF Canso A (May 42 - Aug 45) Western Air Command No. 4 Squadron RCAF Canso A (Dec 42 - Aug 45); Catalina IB/IVA (Apr 44 - Aug 44) No. 6 Squadron RCAF Canso A (Apr 43 - Nov 43); Catalina IB/IVA (Sept 43 - Aug 45) No. 7 Squadron RCAF Catalina IVA (Jan 44 - Jul 45); Canso A (Apr 44 - Jul 45) No. 9 Squadron RCAF Canso A (Apr 43 - Aug 44); Catalina I/IB/IVA (Feb 44 - Aug 44) No. 120 Squadron RCAF Canso A (Apr 43 - Sep 43); Catalina IVA (Sep 43 - Apr 44) 103 Search and Rescue Squadron Chile China The Republic of China Air Force operated PBY-5A as search and rescue (SAR) plane from 1952 to 1954. At least one of these PBY-5A were later transferred to China Airlines in the 1959. Colombia Colombian Air Force SATENA Avianca AIDA Aeropesca VIARCO Cuba Cuban Navy 1952-1961 Denmark Royal Danish Air Force No. 721 Squadron RDAF received aircraft from No. 722 Squadron RDAF in 1965. No. 722 Squadron RDAF transferred aircraft to No. 721 Squadron RDAF in 1965. Dominican Republic Ecuador France Soon after the receipt of Britain's first order for production aircraft, a French purchasing mission ordered 30 aircraft in early 1940. Allocated the Consolidated identification Model 28-5MF, none of these were delivered before the Battle of France. Greece Royal Hellenic Air Force A small number of RAF Catalinas were loaned to the RHAF after the liberation of Greece in 1944. These were eventually purchased by Greece and used as maritime patrol aircraft for the remainder of the war, and also into the post-war years where it saw service in the Greek Civil War against the Communist insurgents.