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| Date: | Tuesday 13 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-36 |
| MSN: | 1084 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairns Harbour, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Catalina of 11 Squadron RAAF, crashed into Cairns Harbour on return from a night-time search patrol. They had flown for 23 hours 23 minutes and ran out fuel.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
13 April 1943 - Crash of a Catalina in Cairns Harbour / Peter Dunn
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