Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Aug 10, 1944 (1 killed)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on August 10, 1944 near Momote Manus, Papua New Guinea with 1 fatality.

A United States Navy PBY 5A Catalina landed hard at Momote Seaplane Base on Manus Island on 10 August 1944. The captain was killed, the other five occupants were injured, and one wing was sheared off.

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