Accident Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina 0455, Saturday 6 February 1943
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Date:Saturday 6 February 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 0455
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 15
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Lake Ponchartrain, LA -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA/KNPA)
Destination airport:New Orleans NAS/Alvin Callendar, LA (NBG/KNBG)
Narrative:
Crashed. Three occupants were missing and 12 were rescued by boat.

Sources:

Evening Star 8 February 1943, p3

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