Incident Overview
Date: Monday 13 August 1945
Aircraft Type: Canadian Vickers OA-10A Canso A (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 44-34080
Location: off Tateyama Airfield –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Description
Shot down by Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter planes. Only one crew member survived the crash.
Source of Information
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