Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Aug 18, 1943 (14 killed)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on August 18, 1943 near Bowen Queensland, Australia with 14 fatalities. Cause: The port wing struck the water...
- Date: August 18, 1943
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Location: Bowen Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The port wing struck the water during a low run across choppy seas.
A Royal Australian Air Force Consolidated PBY 5A Catalina A24-24 of 20 Squadron crashed into the sea about five miles east of Bowen, Queensland, after an air to sea gunnery exercise. Fourteen people were killed and two survived.