Incident Overview
Date: Friday 15 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Consolidated Catalina GR.IIA
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: VA718
Location: East Point Plantation, Diego Garcia –
ÿ Indian Ocean
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: Aircraft (Catalina)Aircraft (Catalina)
Category: Other
A Catalina aircraft, belonging to RAF Detachment No. 29 Advance Flying Boat Base stationed at Diego Garcia during World War II, was struck by a cyclone while moored in the lagoon. The aircraft was blown onto the beach and beyond repair.A Catalina aircraft, belonging to RAF Detachment No. 29 Advance Flying Boat Base stationed at Diego Garcia during World War II, was struck by a cyclone while moored in the lagoon. The aircraft was blown onto the beach and beyond repair.
Description
The Catalina was one of two from the Detachment No 29 Advance Flying Boat Base of 205 and 240 Squadrons RAF stationed at Diego Garcia during the Second World War. It was moored in the lagoon when a cyclone hit the atoll and the aircraft was blown onto the beach and damaged beyond repair. Some 65 years later the centre and nose sections of the aircraft remain.
Source of Information
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maleny_steve/11391680835/http://www.flickr.com/photos/maleny_steve/11391680835/Primary Cause
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