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The aircraft was a Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Catalina IVB—a version of the Consolidated PBY Catalina—with construction number 28129 and the Squadron code of KK-N. It was built in 1944 for the United States Navy. The aircraft was sold to Norway after the Second World War ended. It was bought by Vingtor Luftveier of Oslo and registered as LN-OAP ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated PBY Catalina" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Catalina was operating a scheduled flight from Kangerlussuaq Airport to Godthåb for Greenlandair with 21 on board, while landing on the water at Goodthab harbour it sank with 15 passengers being killed. [1] Initial reports were that the aircraft had hit debris on the water. [2]
The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In US Army service it was designated the OA-10 , in Canadian service as the Canso and it later received the NATO reporting name Mop . [ 4 ]
The PBY-5A Catalina aircraft had taken off from Naval Air Station Alameda, California, at 1241, May 4, 1945, with an operational load, including 1050 gallons of fuel and 4 depth charges. Five miles northwest of the field in the vicinity of Alcatraz Island, aircraft encountered a lowering of the ceiling.
The last radio transmission from the aircraft stated that the aircraft only had one hour of fuel left. The two other B-17s were able to return safely. No wreckage or remains have been found. [96] December 17, 1942: Consolidated PBY Catalina (08135) 7: Weather (probable) Pacific Ocean US Navy aircraft went missing during a flight out of NAS Kaneohe.
Wreckage found at 0900 hrs. 13 July by search aircraft. Herrera had been assigned to Victorville since 1 July as a student pilot in transitional training for combat duty. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Y. Herrera, of La Mesa, N.M. [319] The earlier Ju 88 R-1 nightfighter flown to RAF Dyce by its defecting crew the year before the 13 July 1944 event
[12] [1]: 2 Western Air Lines officials said that the location of the wreckage showed that the aircraft was flying on course along the scheduled route when it crashed. [12] Initial investigations suggested that the plane was intact when it hit the ground, plowing a hole five feet (1.5 m) deep and scattering debris over an area 1,500 feet (460 m ...