Date:	Sunday 27 December 1942
Time:
Type:	Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	04402
MSN:	5..
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Reykjavík/Keflavík-Meeks Field (KEF) -   Iceland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Keflavík-Meeks Field (KEF/BIKF)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed in snow storm at night, 18 minutes after takeoff.
The Catalina was one of five of PBY-5A's that were scheduled to carry out an anti-submarine sweep south of Iceland ahead of the track of a convoy of vessels bound for England.

World War II Crash Sites in Iceland
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
VP-84 Mishap List
US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War / Ragnar Ragnarsson

photo (c) Glenn Davis; near Reykjavík/Keflavík-Meeks Field (KEF); 28 December 1942

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