Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JUN 1944 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 08469 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 240 km (150 mls) NW off Espiritu Santos, Vanuatu (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Forced landing. Sank under tow.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
