Accident Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer ,
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Date:Friday 21 March 1952
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P4Y model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near NAS Corpus Cristi, TX -   United States of America
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Corpus Christi, TX
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Four engined Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer plane crashed and sank in the Laguna Mader shortly after take-off.

Sources:

http://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/03/22/page_001.pdf
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69252877

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Nov-2013 11:03 TB Added
03-Jul-2017 16:08 gerard57 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
18-Jul-2020 08:13 The2ndBaron Updated [Phase]
27-Sep-2022 16:56 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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