ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340729
| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1943 |
| Time: | 16:48 |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-52 |
| MSN: | 1259 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Townsville SPB, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Townsville SPB, QLD |
One of the plane's anti-sub mines detonated on landing in fairly rough conditions at Cleveland Bay.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
7 September 1943 - Crash of a Catalina at Townsville / Peter Dunn
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