Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Aug 25, 1943, L’Agulh...
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on August 25, 1943 near L’Agulhas Western Cape, South Africa with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion forced...
- Date: August 25, 1943
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Location: L’Agulhas Western Cape, South Africa
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion forced the ditching.
A Royal Netherlands Navy Consolidated PBY 5 Catalina ditched off L'Agulhas, South Africa, after running out of fuel on an anti submarine patrol. All crew survived, and the aircraft was deliberately sunk by machine gun fire.