Shemya - Shemya

On August 23, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Shemya - Shemya experienced a crash involving Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Shemya Alaska.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Crashed in flames while taking off from Shemya Airport, Aleutians Islands. All nine crew members were killed. Crew: Arthur Samuel MacFarlane, pilot, William Horace Somerville, John Frederick Jackson Jr., Roy Thomas Pevehouse, Edward McCamley Jr., Charles Richard Post, Teddy Richard Smith, George H. Little, James L. McDonnelly.

Aircraft reference details include registration 59875, MSN 59875, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.7227°, 174.1003°.