ASN Aircraft accident Canadian Vickers OA-10A Canso A (PBY-5A) 44-34050 Los Negros, Admiralty Islands
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Date:Thursday 21 June 1945
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Canadian Vickers OA-10A Canso A (PBY-5A)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 44-34050
MSN: CV561
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Total:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Missing
Aircraft fate: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Location:177 km (110.6 mls) S off Los Negros, Admiralty Islands (   Pacific Ocean)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The plane failed to return from a test flight to test distance measuring equipment for COMAIR Admiralties. The plane was never found. The four crew members and seven passengers are presumed to have died in the crash.

Sources:
» PacificWrecks.com


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