"PBY" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PBYs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PBY (plural PBYs)
  1. (US military) Initialism of patrol bomber Y, a flying boat and amphibious aircraft. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: patrol bomber Y (extra: a flying boat and amphibious aircraft)

Inflected forms

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