Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 JAN 1945 |
| Type: | Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-204 |
| C/n / msn: | 61125 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Truscott, WA (Australia) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Catalina flying boat departed Truscott, WA for a mine laying operation in the Flores Island area. It failed to return and no trace of the plane was ever found.
Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
