a designation for an airplane built by
Consolidated Aircraft
Company and used by the United
States Navy during
World War II (1939-1945). (PB
stands for patrol boat and Y is a designation used for the
Consolidated Aircraft
Company.) The
plane was a large, slow, seaplane with a waterproof boatlike
body that allowed it to
float on and take off from the water. It was equipped with bombs, torpedoes and
machine guns and was used for long-
range sea patrols, rescue
missions, etc.
(Navy) the designation for a
type of patrol bomber produced from 1935 to 1945 and used during
World War II by the US Navy.