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| Date: | Friday 13 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers OA-10A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-33889 |
| MSN: | CV350 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Biak Island and Helen Island -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The plane left Biak Island to locate life rafts. The plane vanished without a trace. The nine occupants, eight crew members and one passenger, are presumed to have died.
Sources:
PacificWrecks.com
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