ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Y-84 Cape Agulhas
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Date:Wednesday 25 August 1943
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Operator:Marine Luchtvaart Dienst - MLD
Registration: Y-84
MSN: 847
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Cape Agulhas (   South Africa)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Emergency landing following fuel exhaustion during an anti-submarine patrol mission. The airplane was sunk using cannon fire from a ship.

Sources:
» Nieuwsbrief 320-Vereniging; nummer 3, september 2006


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