PP-AGA Consolidated PBY-5A
Catalina
(c/n 87-883)
Here's a motley looking
crew. Aero Geral Ltda was founded in 1947 and was absorbed by
VARIG in 1952.
According to the caption of the back of the photograph, this aircraft
was
the
first one acquired, and the crew were listed as:
Captain
C.F. Rocha
1st officer
B.
Ferrari
Radio Op/Navigator E. Castro
Flt/Eng
F. Madeiros.
I'll put their names
out here for posterity. Some their family members may remember
these
heady days. The following is the fleet list for Aero
Geral . The identity details have been
kindly provided by Ken Tilley (via a publication by David Leggs)
c/n
Serial Previous ID
Future ID
or fate
PP-AGA
Consolidated PBY-5A
Catalina 87-883
08064 *
NC33300 PT-ANU;
PT-BTD; PT-BEA,PT-BGB
++
PP-AGB
"
909 43-3269
PT-AIN
PP-AGC
"
CW480 44-33969
w/o 2/6/51 at Palame,
State of Sergipe
PP-AGD
PBY-5
91-1018 08124 *
NC33303 b/u
Santos Dumont, Rio de Janeiro 1948
PP-AGH
PBY-5A
1995 46631 *
PT-AMR w/o Maraba, Para, May 1954
PP-AGE Curtiss
C-46A-55-CK
260 43-47189
PP-VCT w/o Sao Paulo
December 1960
PP-AGF Douglas
DC-3-277D
4115
N33651
PP-VDL w/o Porto Alegre
Jan 1958
PP-AGG Douglas
DC-3CS1C3G
19972 43-15506 NC38944
PP-XEC; PP-VCH, b/u Sao Paulo
May 1969
*
BuAer numbers
++ Martin Bernsmuller gives the
following for this aircraft:
PP-AGB Consolidated PBY-5A
Catalina 417
NC69741
PT-ANP,PT-ASX,PP-BTC,PT-BTC