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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: |  Consolidated Catalina IB (PBY-5B) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FP265 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St Lucia Bay -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
An Catalina aircraft of 262 Sqn RAF from RAF Station Congella, near Durban, South Africa, crashed into the sea in St Lucia Bay, South Africa.
Sources:
RAAF fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units / by Alan Storr, 2006
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