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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 1947 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near bahia Argentia, NFL -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Argentia NAS |
Four-engined landplane PBY crashed in sea near the docks. Only four of the occupants survived.
Sources:
The News-Sentinel 22 October 1947, p1
Madera Tribune 22 October 1947, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2015 15:29 | TB | Added |
| 04-Dec-2017 20:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2020 07:25 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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