Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Apr 28, 1944 (10 killed)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on April 28, 1944 near Babo Special Region of West Papua, Indonesia with 10 fatalities.

The Catalina A24-49 took off from Groote Eylandt on 28 April 1944 on a bombing mission to Manokwari. It never reached the target, and no trace of the aircraft or its ten crew was found. The cause is not established.

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