Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5B Catalina off Cape Charles: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 14, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
FP151
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Elizabeth City - Montréal
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The seaplane was on a ferry flight to England and was ferried from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to the seaplane base of Boucherville in Montreal. While cruising over Virginia, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane went out of control and crashed into the Bay of Chesapeake off Cape Charles. The four crew members, all civilians, were killed.
Crew:
Jens Arnold Kraft Veiersted,
Frederick Orin Anderson,
H. Moores,
J. Parker.
Crew:
Jens Arnold Kraft Veiersted,
Frederick Orin Anderson,
H. Moores,
J. Parker.
Probable cause:
Poor weather conditions.
