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| Date: | Tuesday 3 March 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 1237 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Broome, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Destroyed by enemy action on the ground at Broome. The attack was carried out by nine Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter aircraft.
Sources:
Peter Dunn's Australia @ War web site
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