Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Jul 22, 1949 (17 killed)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on July 22, 1949 near Agadir Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco with 17 fatalities. Cause: Undetermined.

A French Navy Consolidated Catalina (46564) was lost off Agadir on 22 July 1949 during a night search exercise to locate the submarine Astrée. The aircraft went down about 20:55 local time and all 17 people aboard were killed. Only a nose wheel was recovered the following night.

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