Date & Time: Jun 25, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
FP265
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Durban - Durban
Location:
Lake Saint Lucia
KwaZulu-Natal
Country:
South Africa
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Congella at Durban on a maritime survey flight. En route, the seaplane went out of control and crashed into the Lake Saint Lucia, killing all eight crew members.
Crew (262nd Squadron):
F/O F. N. C. White, pilot,
F/Sgt T. H. T. Lane,
Sgt A. F. Soady,
Sgt R. F. Jenkins,
Sgt A. J. Mills,
Sgt R. T. Cork,
Sgt T. J. Burrington,
Sgt R. P. Kay.