The Burgaw PBY Catalina crash

on July 3, 1945 a Brazilian Air Force plane crashed during a thunderstorm in burgaw, North Carolina

Burgaw PBY Catalina crash

The type of plane that was involved in the accident The type of plane that was involved in the accident
Accident
Date	July 3, 1945
Site	1 mile east of Burgaw, North Carolina, United States
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Operator	Brazilian Air Force / United States Navy
Flight origin	Miami, Florida
Destination	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Crew	8 (7 Brazilian Air Force officers + 1 U.S. Navy machinist mate)
Fatalities	8 (all on board)
Survivors	0

Background

The Brazilian Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina was on route from Miami to Philadelphia to pick up a new navy plane

Accident

During the flight to Philadelphia Pennsylvania, a heavy thunderstorm was building over burgaw and the plane traveled into a thunder cloud and the plane exploded in the sky and the plane crashed just outside of burgaw

Aftermath

The first person on the scene of the accident was state trooper W. M. Whitley around 3:15 pm in the afternoon. shortly after the crash Crash equipment and emergency personnel arrived from Bluethenthal (now, the Wilmington airport), Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune but all 8 occupants on the plane, died from the crash including one American and the bodies were unrecognizable

On July 7, 1945 a military funeral was given for the seven Brazilians, who died in the crash and they were given full honors

The American who died was named Dominic Naz-zacaro he was a sailor mechanic

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