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  PBY-5 Catalina Bureau Number 2304 Number 13
USN
Patrol Wing 10
VP-22

Mission History
On February 5, 1942 while taking off from Saumlaki Bay, this Catalina grounded on a coral reef and beached. It was abandoned as not salvageable.

Referneces
Thanks to Lou Dorny / The Baltic Group Archive for this information.
Another source lists date of loss as February 14, 1942

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Last Updated
October 7, 2009

 

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