Consolidated PB2Y Coronado: The Long-Range Patrol Bomber of the Pacific. The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado was a large, four-engine flying boat developed for the United States Navy during World War II. While it never achieved the legendary ubiquity of the Catalina, the PB2Y carved out a crucial niche as a heavy-hitting, long-distance workhorse, primarily in the Pacific and Atlantic transport theaters.
