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| Date: | Wednesday 1 August 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 11043 |
| MSN: | CV-335 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Coal Harbour RCAF Station, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Prince Rupert-Digby Island Airport, BC (YPR/CYPR) |
| Coal Harbour RCAF Station, BC |
Hit a rock on landing at Coal Harbour. The nose broke off and the wings folded over the fuselage, still carrying four depth charges. The navigator was killed by a propeller. The remaining crew and passengers were rescued.
Sources:
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