Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Jan 21, 1942 (8 killed)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on January 21, 1942 near Yambo Morobe, Papua New Guinea with 8 fatalities. Cause: Japanese Zero fighters attacked...
- Date: January 21, 1942
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Location: Yambo Morobe, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Japanese Zero fighters attacked the aircraft, and gunfire killed or incapacitated crew before it dove into the jungle.
A Royal Australian Air Force Catalina on a flight from Port Moresby to Salamaua was shot down by Japanese Zero fighters over the Huon Gulf on 21 January 1942. It crashed into jungle near Yambo on the Huon Peninsula, and eight of the nine crew were killed.