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| Date: | Friday 21 March 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | Bu.No. 66258 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near NAS Corpus Cristi, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Corpus Christi, TX |
Four engined Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer plane crashed and sank in the Laguna Mader shortly after take-off.
Sources:
https://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries7.html
http://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/03/22/page_001.pdf
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69252877
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2013 11:03 | TB | Added |
| 03-Jul-2017 16:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2020 08:13 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Phase, ] |
| 27-Sep-2022 16:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2025 20:09 | William Davis | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
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