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| Date: | Thursday 2 January 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 2291 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | near Lamesa, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Diego, CA |
| Pensacola, FL |
Bomber airplane crashed in thunderstorm. Four bailed out. (killed in crash on 5 January 1941 San Diego)
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 6 January 1941, p3
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/secondseries1.html
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/navy/asp/USN_1941.asp
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2016 18:19 | TB | Added |
| 17-Sep-2016 18:54 | TB | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Sep-2021 09:06 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 05-Aug-2022 19:53 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 17:32 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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