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| Date: | Tuesday 19 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 11061 |
| MSN: | CV-371 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S of Reykjavik -
 Iceland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Flew into a mountain peak (Stapatindar, 395 m high) when returning from a patrol. The aircraft was returning from reconnaissance flight.
Sources:
World War II Crash Sites in Iceland
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