Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina off Makapuu Point: 1 killed
Date & Time:
May 12, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
04445
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kaneohe Bay – Alameda
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Few minutes after its departure from Kaneohe Bay NAS, the seaplane crashed into the sea off Makapuu Point, Oahu. Seven crew members were injured while the captain was killed.
