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| Date: | Friday 12 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 48289 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Glomel -
 France
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Damaged in takeoff accident on the frozen water of a reservoir. The Catalina failed to become airborne and struck the reservoir's bank.
Sources:
US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War / Ragnar Ragnarsson
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