ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341112
| Date: | Sunday 28 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A24-25 |
| MSN: | 273 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 56 km S off Cairns, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cairns Airport, QLD (CNS/YBCS) |
| Cairns Airport, QLD (CNS/YBCS) |
Crashed during ASW patrol flight.
The wreckage was located in 2013 by a diver, but it took until 2015 before additional dives were made to establish the identity of the airplane.
Sources:
Wreckage of RAAF plane that crashed 70 years ago found in sea near Cairns, Guardian, 21-9-2015
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
Peter Dunn's Australia @ war
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