Pby

[JPablo]

PBY: 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.

For sake of simplicity, if I say in Spanish "un PBY, (un tipo de hidroavión patrulla)" would that work as a translation?

[micho]

Para máxima simplicidad yo diría: "Un hidroavión PBY". Con esto es suficiente para identificarlo. Se pueden añadir datos: "Un hidroavión patrulla americano PBY" o lo que quieras.

For sake of simplicity, if I say in Spanish "un PBY, (un tipo de hidroavión patrulla)" would that work as a translation?

Yes it would work prefecty as a translation syntesis of all the text above.

[JPablo]

Thank you Micho! Appreciated. (Your simplification "un hidroavión PBY" is probably best.)