Date: | Thursday 24 October 1963 |
Time: | 04:30 |
Type: | Consolidated Vultee PBY-6A Catalina |
Owner/operator: | Kongelige Danske Flyvevåbnet |
Registration: | L-862 |
MSN: | |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Narsarsuaq Airport (UAK) -
Greenland
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:Two Danish Air Force Catalina seaplanes (L-862 and L-864) were on deployment from Værløse Air Base (EKVL), Denmark. They were parked in a hangar at Narsarsuaq Airport (UAK), Greenland. A hangar fire erupted, destroying both planes. A Douglas C-54 on lease to the Danish Government, TF-IST, was also destroyed.
Sources:
Erik Thingbo (27-01-2012)
Temahæfte nr.1 Catalina ISSN 0109-8292
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