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| Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-9 |
| MSN: | 259 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | off Salamaua -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by Japanese carrier.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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