ASN Aircraft accident Short Sunderland I N9045 Isles of Scilly
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Status:
Date:Friday 13 October 1939
Time:18:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic ss25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Short Sunderland I
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: N9045
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Isles of Scilly (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Mount Batten RAF Seaplane Station, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Mount Batten RAF Seaplane Station, United Kingdom
Narrative:
The Sunderland force landed in the Isles of Scilly during a gale owing to a lack of fuel. It lost the port float. The crew were rescued by a nearby ship, during which the ship collided with the stricken Sunderland and sank it quickly.

Crew: Pilot: 37179 Flt.Lt. Ernest Leslie Hyde RAF ok, (died 29/04/42 while serving with 248 Sqn.). Co-pilot: P/O. W.H. Tremar ok. W/O. Castle ok. AC Stringer ok. AC Dark ok. AC Perry ok. 547593 AC Dennis Sinclair Lloyd RAF ok, (died 08/04/40 while still with 204 Sqn., while flying in Sunderland L5799. AC Hosking ok. AC Athins ok. AC Arundell ok. AC Marles ok. Lt. Carron ok. W/O. Haley ok.

Sources:
» Commonwealth War Graves Commission
» Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol 1
» rafdavidstowmoor.org


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