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| Date: | Thursday 30 December 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 33963 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pacific Ocean -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Qionghai Bo'ao Airport (BAR/ZJQH) |
| Makin Island Airport (MTK/NGMN) |
Missing during flight from Baker Island to Makin Island, South Pacific.
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