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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 44244 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | South Pacific -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Sank when hit by large swell during landing.
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