ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336365
Date: | Friday 22 July 1949 |
Time: | 20:55 |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
Owner/operator: | Aéronavale |
Registration: | 46564/22-S3 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Agadir -
Morocco
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Impacted the Atlantic Ocean off Agadir, Morocco and burst into flames. All 17 on board were killed.
The Catalina flying boat operated on a night time search exercise to find the French submarine Astrée. The submarine was positioned 7 miles west off shore from Agadir when the crew noticed flames on the surface of the water to the south.
Sources:
Mémorial des officiers de marine Officiers et anciens élèves - Louis Bernard Marie AUDIC Revision history:
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