"...In my reading through the Mishaps I missed one. This occurred while I was stationed at NAS North Island, San Diego, California with FASRON-110. Some time in 1949/50 One of the PBM's stationed there was taking off om a very early morning flight, and took off the upper decks of a commercial fishing boat that was illegally cutting across the sea lane that was restricted except for take-offs & landing"s of sea planes. Several were killed on the fishing boat but how many? No one was hurt on the PBM but it did tear its hull off & sank in about 3 feet of water trying to make shore under full power by an alert pilot....Jerry Kent soupy7123@webtv.net..." [09FEB2002]