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| Date: | Thursday 26 November 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 2407 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Exmouth, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Forced landing after takeoff. The flying boat hit a large wave and large quantities of water entered the plane through the bombing window position in the bow. It sank in 18 feet of water.
Sources:
VP-101 Mishap list (vpnavy.com)
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