Date:	Tuesday 13 April 1943
Time:
Type:	Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Owner/operator:	Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Registration:	A24-36
MSN:	1084
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cairns Harbour, QLD -   Australia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Catalina of 11 Squadron RAAF, crashed into Cairns Harbour on return from a night-time search patrol. They had flown for 23 hours 23 minutes and ran out fuel.

Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
13 April 1943 - Crash of a Catalina in Cairns Harbour / Peter Dunn

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