Accident Consolidated PBY-3 Catalina 896, Monday 15 August 1938
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Date:Monday 15 August 1938
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated PBY-3 Catalina
Owner/operator:USN
Registration: 896
MSN: 55
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Location:San Diego Bay near National City, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:San Diego Bay, CA
Narrative:
Emergency landing and crashed.

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/647050/

Revision history:

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31-Aug-2021 09:48 Cobar Added

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