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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 1943 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-24 |
| MSN: | 380 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9 km E off Bowen, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bowen Seaplane Base, QLD |
| Bowen Seaplane Base, QLD |
The Catalina flying boat took off from Bowen, QLD on an air to sea gunnery training exercise flight. After completing the firing practice, the aircraft was making a run across the wave tops over a choppy sea and it is assumed that the port wing hit the water and the aircraft crashed into the sea.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
Location
Images:
photo (c) Brian and Ann Mecklem; 9 km E off Bowen, QLD; 11 February 2011
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