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Date: | Wednesday 19 January 1955 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | SE of Honolulu, Oahu, HI -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Johnston Island |
Destination airport: | Kwajalein |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Missing after reported one propeller had been feathered and loosing altitude. Crew found and rescued after two days.
Sources:
ABC (Madrid) 21 January 1955, p26/23 January 1955, p47
Youngstown Vindicator 21 January 1955, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Mar-2016 15:47 |
TB |
Added |
26-Mar-2016 15:53 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
09-Jun-2019 19:46 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |