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| Date: | Saturday 31 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R3D-2 (DC-5) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 1904 |
| MSN: | 609 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | off Australian coast -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by Japanese submarine and crashed on an island off Australian coast.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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