Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1950Vol. XXI, No. 5

Catalina Lost

p. 8 · Read in the full issue

Page 88

7 Killed in Crash in W. Samoa

Apia, Dec. 12.

WESTERN SAMOA had its worst air accident on the morning of Decem ber 11, when a New Zealand Air Force Catalina, immediately after taking off from Faleolo airport, crashed into the lagoon two miles away. Seven of the crew of eight were killed. One crew member and the five passengers (Samoan Ad ministration officials going on a routine visit to the nearby Tokelau Islands) es caped with minor injuries and shock. The flying-boat was a total loss.

The lost airmen were accorded a military funeral on the 12th, when all business houses in Apia were closed. NZ Air Force personnel are well and favourably known in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Cook Islands.

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