ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341739
| Date: | Tuesday 1 July 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated Catalina I (PBY-5) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | AH557 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Skerjafjördur -
 Iceland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Catalina plane was damaged during landing at Skerjafjördur. To prevent the aircraft from sinking the pilot stranded the aircraft at the beach. The aircraft was subsequently written off.
Sources:
World War II Crash Sites in Iceland
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