Consolidated PB2Y Coronado PDF eBook & Flight Manuals

The bulk of the production was the PB2Y-3, with 210 produced it featured turrets. Significant numbers of unarmed transport version were also produced or converted from existing versions.

Coronado I

RAF Designation for PB2Y-3

XPB2Y-1

Prototype with four 1,050 hp (780 kW) Pratt & Whitney XR-1830-72 Twin Wasps, engines, one built.

PB2Y-2

Evaluation variant with four 1,020 hp (760 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-78 Twin Waspengines, modified hull and six 0.5 in (13 mm) guns, six built.

XPB2Y-3

One PB2Y-2 converted as prototype for PB2Y-3.

PB2Y-3

Production variant with four 1,200 hp (890 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-88 Twin Wasp engines and eight 0.5 in (13 mm) guns, 210 built.

PB2Y-3B

Lend-lease designation for Royal Air Force aircraft.

PB2Y-3R

PB2Y-3s converted by Rohr Aircraft Corp as freighters with faired-over turrets, side loading hatch, and seating for 44 passengers, 31 built.

XPB2Y-4

One PB2Y-2 re-engined with four 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) Wright R-2600 Cyclone 14 engines.

XPB2Y-5

The XP2BY-3 converted as PB2Y-5 prototype.

PB2Y-5

PB2Y-3s converted with four 1,200 hp (890 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp engines, increased fuel capacity and provision for RATOG (rocket-assisted take-off gear).

PB2Y-5R

PB2Y-5s converted as unarmed transports, some fitted for medical evacuation role. The medical evacuation version could hold up to 25 stretchers.

General Characteristics

• Crew: ten
• Length: 79 ft 3 in (24.2 m)
• Wingspan: 115 ft 0 in (35 m)
• Height: 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
• Wing area: 1,780 sq ft (165 m²)
• Empty weight: 40,850 lb (18,530 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 66,000 lb (30,000 kg)
• Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 radial engines, 1,200 hp (900 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 194 mph (310 km/h, 168 kn)
• Cruise speed: 170 mph (272 km/h, 148 kn)
• Range: 1,070 mi (1,720 km, 930 nmi) at 131 mph (210 km/h)
• Service ceiling: 20,500 ft (6,250 m)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 6× .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in twin nose, dorsal, and tail powered turrets
  • 2× .50 in M2 Browning machine guns in manual waist mounts
• Bombs:
  
  • 2× Mark 13 torpedoes or
  • Up to 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) of bombs, housed in the wings

There were many accidents with the PB2Y incidents of different types. 

There is a sunken PB2Y Coronado in Tanapag Lagoon of Saipan. This wreck has been studied for marine archeology. 

After the capture of Ebeye from the Japanese, it was used as seaplane stopover for flying boats transiting the Pacific. At least three Coronados crashed near Naval Air Base Ebeye Island, at Kwajalein Atoll. 

• 14 September 1944, a PB2Y-3 broke apart during practice landings, killing one person. 
• 12 February 1945, a PB2Y-5R crashed on landing from a trip from Honolulu, ripping off the nose and sinking claiming two lives. 
• Also, in February 1944 a PB2Y ran into a reef while taxiing and subsequently broke up and sank in the lagoon. 

Some of these wrecks were discovered in the early 21st century and in some cases are visited by divers. 

Additional examples:

• On 6 May 1942, a PB2Y crashed crashed and sank in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during an emergency landing, claiming the lives of two. 
• On 27 December 1942 one crashed landing on the Salton Sea, killing 6. 
• On 21 May 1943 one crashed with the loss of all crew at Little Creek, Virginia, USA. 
• 23 May 1943 a PB2Y ran out of fuel near Bermuda; on landing the right pontoon ripped off and the aircraft rolled over and sank. 
• 24 May 1943 a PB2Y broke in two when it was forced to land on the ground at San Mieuel Rea, Mexico. 
• On 26 November 1943 a PB2Y crashed while landing during a training flight at NAS Alamedea, USA. 
• 1 January 1944 nine perished in a crash in the Great Sound of Bermuda and another crash at Bermuda occurred on 26 May 1943. 
• On 17 February 1944 a PB2Y engine failed during takeoff, causing it to crash into a barracks, killing 2 on the ground and 7 of 12 on the aircraft. 
• Galapagos, Ecuador, 17 July 1944 landing accident (nosing over) kills five. 
• 31 July 1944, on takeoff from Funafuti Lagoon a wing clips a ship’s jackstaff causing a crash, killing 22. 
• On 17 October 1944 one crashed into a Coronado Island near San Diego, California. 
• On 6 December 1945 a PB2Y-5R (no. 7241) crashed at Canton island. 
• On 22 June 1945, a PB2Y landed at sea on a flight between Ebeye and Saipan. All were rescued but the aircraft later sank.