Sunk  December 17, 1945

Aircraft History
Constructors Number 1610. US Navy Bureau Number 34055. First Amphibian taken on charge by RAAF, delivered to Lake Boga December 17, 1943. Assigned to 11 Squadron on February 18, 1944.

Wartime History
On December 17, 1945, it burst into flames while moored at East Arm of the Darwin Harbor.

Identification
Sometimes refereed to as "Catalina 2". This wreck site was identified on the basis of site inspection, recording diagnostic features of that particular model Catalina and also by examining artifacts raised from the wreck site by local sports divers. Divers brought up the contractor's plate, indicating that the aircraft was a PBY-5A model. There was only one model of that type lost in Darwin Harbor. The wreck site also has an bug-eye turret.

References
Thanks to Wynnum Graham for this information.

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