Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina off Heceta Head: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 31, 1942
Registration:
08100
Survivors:
No
MSN:
919
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
While on a night training mission, the aircraft crashed few miles off Heceta Head. The aircraft sunk and was lost and all eight occupants were killed.