| Date: | Friday 3 July 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Flying Fireman |
| Registration: | N85U |
| MSN: | 2111 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-2600-35 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | off Orange Beach, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |
On June 29, 2015, a Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina became beached on a sand bar on the shore of Orange Beach, Alabama. The aircraft was being used in the film production of "The U.S.S. Indianapolis: Men of Courage" and had just landed. The aircraft began taking on water and a pump was used to remove the water from the inside of the plane.
Initial attempts to free the plane using two tractors failed because a cable snapped. A further attempt on July 4 also failed. During attempts to hoist the Catalina onto a barge the fuselage broke.
Sources:
WSFA 30 June 2015
Fox 10
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