| Date: | Thursday 20 August 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 04468 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Manzanillo Bay -
 Panama
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Flew into water during gunnery practice Manzanillo Bay, Canal Zone. The landing lights were used on final. The light apparently penetrated surface of clear glassy water without giving any indication of distance to the water.
Sources:
VP-34 mishap list (vpnavy.com)
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