Accident Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina 64029,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337451
 

Date:Friday 18 January 1946
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 64029
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:off Wake Island -   U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Force landed near Wake Island. Crew rescued, sank by gunfire. 
All 13 occupants were rescued.

Sources:

San Bernardino Sun 22 January 1946, p1

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