ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina A24-22 Gasmata
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Status:
Date:Monday 8 March 1943
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Operator:Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Registration: A24-22
MSN: 285
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: 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
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Crashed after on board fire.

RAAF crew killed were: 42147 LAC Colin Neville ANDERSON; 406749 FO Malcolm BRADSHAW; 271349 WC Francis Blomfield CHAPMAN DFC; 255057 FO Stanley Alfred DEACON; 5219 Sgt John Edward DEWHURST; 19968 LAC Robert George DOCKING; 404027 FS Lloyd George STANLEY; 11363 Sgt Robert Noblett STEPHENS; 416087 FO John Trevor David TODD.

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


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