| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 31, 1944 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Funafuti, Gilbert Islands, Pacific Ocean |
| Operator: | Pan American Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Consolidated Catalina PB2Y-3R |
| Registration: | 7233 |
| cn / ln: | ? |
| Aboard: | 24 (passengers:17 crew:7) |
| Fatalities: | 22 (passengers:16 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While taking off in the dark, the aircraft's wingtip collided with the jackpole mast of an anchored liberty ship which had slipped anchor and drifted, unlighted, into the seaplane area. The aircraft then spun out of control, and crashed into the ocean and sank. |
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