ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341568
Date: | Monday 19 January 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated Catalina I (PBY-5) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | Z2148 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | South Yell, Shetland Islands -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Castle Archdale RAF Station, Northern Ireland |
Destination airport: | Castle Archdale RAF Station, Northern Ireland |
Narrative:The crew of the Catalina had been briefed to carry out a sortie over the coast of Norway in order to locate the Kriegsmarine battleship "Tirpitz", and to bomb the ship. The pilot became disoriented and the plane crashed, killing 7 crew members while three survived.
Sources:
Shetland Museum and Archives
Air Crash Sites-Scotland Revision history:
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