ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341868
| Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1940 |
| Time: | 14:47 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland I |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | N6133 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 140 km SW off Sumburgh Head, United Kingdom -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The plane was shot down by German Luftwaffe fighter ace Gordon Gollob flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110.
Sources:
Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2 / Jon Lake
Wikipedia: Gordon Gollob
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