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| Date: | Sunday 6 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 12434 |
| MSN: | 9617 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Telin Island, Russell Islands -
 Solomon Islands
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Stalled shortly after takeoff and crashed.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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