Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 MAY 1945 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 48384 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Attu, AK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Landed in ocean after engine failure, Attu, Alaska. Drifted onto beach after after crew were rescued.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
