Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, May 10, 1944 (10 killed)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on May 10, 1944 near Natal Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil with 10 fatalities.
- Date: May 10, 1944
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Location: Natal Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: En route
PBY 5A Catalina 46520 of VP 45 was flying from Belem to Recife with its commanding officer, LCDR Calder Atkinson, and his crew. It went out of control and crashed about 40 miles west of Natal, Brazil, killing all ten aboard.