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| Date: | Wednesday 6 August 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 34032 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | within Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kodiak Airport, AK (ADQ/PADQ) |
| Unalaska Airport, AK (DUT/PADU) |
Went missing while flying an Army-Navy softball team from Kodiak to Unalaska (Dutch Harbor), Alaska with 20 on board.
The last position report was received at 10:45 when the crew reported being 150 miles from the destination.
Sources:
The Nome nugget. August 8, 1947
The Nome nugget. August 11, 1947
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