Descripción del Accidente ASN 06 APR 1945 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina A24-54 - Timor [Savu Sea]
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Fecha:viernes 6 abril 1945
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Operador:Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Registración: A24-54
Numéro de série: 1256
Año de Construcción:
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Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:de la costa de Timor [Savu Sea] (   Océano Pacífico)
Fase: En Espera (STD)
Naturaleza:Militar
Aeropuerto de Salida:Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN), Australia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:?
Descripción:
Flew from Darwin and arrived to pick the survivors from A72-81 & A72-77 that was shot down in the Savu Sea off Timor. After the Catalina landed to pick up survivors it was strafed by fighter planes and caught fire. The crew as well as the Liberator survivors were force to abandon the aircraft.

Fuentes:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site


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