MAKE A MEME View Large Image PBY-5A USCG with injured from Sabena crash 1946.jpeg A U S Coast Guard Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 48314 on Gander Lake The PBY was transporting the injured survivors from the crash site of a Belgian SABENA Douglas DC-4 which had ...
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Keywords: PBY-5A USCG with injured from Sabena crash 1946.jpeg A U S Coast Guard Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 48314 on Gander Lake The PBY was transporting the injured survivors from the crash site of a Belgian SABENA Douglas DC-4 which had crashed circa 35 km south-west of Gander International Airport Newfoundland on 18 September 1946 The injured were flown by helicopter to Gander Lake put on life rafts lifted in the PBYs and flown to Gander <br> The DC-4 OO-CBG crashed due to a pilot error on the approach to Gander on the flight from Brussels Belgium to New York USA on 18 September 1946 killing 27 of 44 people on board Rescue teams mainly from the U S Coast Guard made the first helicopter rescue and saved the remaining passengers most of whom were injured http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 24235 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1993 501 073 116 1946-09-20 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy DC-4 crash SABENA Newfoundland 1946 PBY Catalina United States Coast Guard
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