Accident Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina MP-54, Tuesday 4 June 1957
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Date:Tuesday 4 June 1957
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Owner/operator:Mexican Naval Aviation
Registration: MP-54
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Location:off Chamela -   Mexico
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed in sea during exercise.

Sources:

El Siglo de Torreon 19 June 1957, p13/7 June 1957, p8
Scramble

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-May-2014 09:46 TB Added
28-May-2014 19:23 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ]

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