Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina on Choiseul Island: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 8, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
48259
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1621
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
En route, while cruising over the Choiseul Island, the seaplane hit a mountain and was destroyed. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lieutenant C. Burkhardt, pilot, 8.
Crew:
Lieutenant C. Burkhardt, pilot, 8.
