ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340489
Date: | Thursday 9 December 1943 |
Time: | 03:55 |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
Owner/operator: | Marine Luchtvaart Dienst - MLD |
Registration: | Y-78 |
MSN: | 841 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 10 km E off Elephant Point, Bay of Bengal -
Sri Lanka
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Sigiriya RAF Station (GIU/VCCS) |
Destination airport: | Sigiriya RAF Station (GIU/VCCS) |
Narrative:The Catalina departed RAF Sigiriya for an eighteen-hour patrol mission over sea. Engine failure forced the crew to carry out a night landing at sea. The flying boat sank within an hour.
The wreckage was found by local fishermen in 2014 and parts of the aircraft were recovered.
Sources:
Nieuwsbrief 320-Vereniging; nummer 3, september 2006 Verenigde Vleugels, maart 2015
divesrilanka.com Zeemansgraf en laatste uren Catalina ontrafeld Location
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