ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336429
| Date: | Sunday 27 March 1949 |
| Time: | 14:39 |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 64028 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 973 km SW off Johnston Island -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kwajalein Airport (KWA/PKWA) |
| Johnston Island Airport (JON/PJON) |
Forced landing during flight from Kwajalein to Johnston Island. The crew rescued by a Navy ship nine hours after the landing.
which sank plane by gunfire.
Sources:
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Mar 29, 1949
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