Status: | |
Date: | Friday 22 July 1949 |
Time: | 20:55 |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
Operator: | Aéronavale |
Registration: | 46564/22-S3 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | off Agadir ( Morocco)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
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:
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Mémorial des officiers de marine»
Officiers et anciens élèves - Louis Bernard Marie AUDIC
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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.