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| Date: | Saturday 6 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 0455 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Ponchartrain, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA/KNPA) |
| New Orleans NAS/Alvin Callendar, LA (NBG/KNBG) |
Crashed. Three occupants were missing and 12 were rescued by boat.
Sources:
Evening Star 8 February 1943, p3
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