| Date: | Monday 2 November 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated OA-10 Catalina (PBY-5) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-2366 |
| MSN: | 903 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, QC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed on landing in high winds. Four occupants were rescued before the flying boat sank.
The wreckage was rediscovered in 2009 by divers from Parks Canada. In July 2012 a special U.S. military team recovered the bodies of five crew from the upside-down fuselage of the Catalina some 40 metres below the surface.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
CBC
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