Y-84

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Safety history

  • August 25, 1943Accident

    The crew was completing an anti-sub-marine patrol mission off the South African coast when a fuel exhaustion forced the captain to ditch the seaplane off L'Agulhas. All crew members survived while the aircraft was deliberately sunk by a machine gun. Probable cause (official findings): Fuel exhaustion.

    Consolidated PBY Catalina