Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 FEB 1943 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-25 |
| C/n / msn: | 273 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | N off Green Island, QLD (Australia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed during ASW patrol flight.
Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
» Peter Dunn's Australia @ war
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
