Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Jan 21, 1942 (3 killed)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on January 21, 1942 near Bismarck Sea near Kavieng New Ireland, Papua New Guinea with 3 fatalities. Cause: Shot...
- Date: January 21, 1942
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Location: Bismarck Sea near Kavieng New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Shot down by Zero fighters from the carrier Shokaku while shadowing the Japanese fleet, forcing a crash landing.
A Royal Australian Air Force Catalina shadowing Japanese cruisers was shot down by Zero fighters from the carrier Shokaku on 21 January 1942 and forced to crash land in the Bismarck Sea near Kavieng. Three crew died, and the five survivors reached life rafts and became prisoners of war.