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| Date: | Thursday 10 June 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
| Registration: | 400 |
| MSN: | 1045/1215 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Bahia de Talcahuano -
 Chile
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Quintero (11:00) |
Struck submerged obstacle on landing and sank. Pilot Capitán Roberto Parraguéz. Mechanic Cabo Oscar Bau drowned. His body recovered 3 JUL 48.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 11 June 1948, p1/12 June 1948, p14/7 July 1948, p2
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