Narrative:
Crashed in snow storm at night, 18 minutes after takeoff.
The Catalina was one of five of PBY-5A's that were scheduled to carry out an anti-submarine sweep south of Iceland ahead of the track of a convoy of vessels bound for England.
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accident date: 27-12-1942
type: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
registration: 04402
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 27 December 1942 |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 04402 |
| MSN: | 5.. |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Reykjavík/Keflavík-Meeks Field (KEF) ( Iceland)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Keflavík-Meeks Field (KEF/BIKF), Iceland |
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Crashed in snow storm at night, 18 minutes after takeoff.
The Catalina was one of five of PBY-5A's that were scheduled to carry out an anti-submarine sweep south of Iceland ahead of the track of a convoy of vessels bound for England.
Sources:
» World War II Crash Sites in Iceland» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» VP-84 Mishap List
» US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War / Ragnar Ragnarsson
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accident date: 27-12-1942
type: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
registration: 04402
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