ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248972
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| Date: | Monday 31 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Consolidated PB2Y-3R Coronado |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 7233 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Funafuti -
 Tuvalu
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Funafuti Lagoon |
*Navy transport plane crashed in vicinity of Funafuti Atoll while taking-off. Among the dead were Rear Admiral Charles Purcell Cecil (50), nine other Naval officers, three Army officers and six-men Pan American Airways crew.
**while flying with Pan Am struck jackstaff of a Coast Guard Ship while taking off from Funafuti Lagoon and crashed. 22 killed and five survived.
Sources:
*The Daily Monitor 3 August 1944, p1
**USN Serial Numbers
Evening Star 3 August 1944, p7 (Pan Am crew names)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2021 19:23 | TB | Added |
| 21-Mar-2021 21:18 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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