Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 MAR 1942 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-22 |
| C/n / msn: | 285 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 50 km (31.3 mls) SE of Gasmata (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lae Airfield, Papua New Guinea |
| ? |
Crashed after on board fire.
Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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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.
