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| Date: | Sunday 7 May 1950 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-105 |
| MSN: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km NNE of Georgetown Airport, QLD (GTT) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV/YBTL) |
| Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN) |
The Catalina flying boat departed Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV) at 07:00 on a flight to Darwin Airport, NT (DRW). Engine problems forced the crew to divert to Georgetown Airport, QLD (GTT). It circled the airport and crashed in heavy timber, bursting into flames.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
The Sydney Morning Herald - May 9, 1950
The Sydney Morning Herald - May 8, 1950
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