Mike,
Try this site:
http://vpi.calgarywaterford.org/memo..._1page17.shtml
Haven't checked it completely, but there's a PBM Mariner crash in Alaska (Adak) on 2 Jul 1953.
(Of same VP-42 another crash in Alaska on 22 Sep 62, but this time with a P5M Marlin. Location Montague Island.)
Regards,
Leendert