Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 27 April 1941 |
Time: | 10:07 |
Type: | Short Sunderland I |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | L5807 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Kalafrana Bay ( Malta)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:Set alight by a Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf.109 of 7./JG 26, believed to be flown by air ace Joachim Müncheberg. The flying boat sank.
The Sunderland had just arrived after escorting eight Hawker Hurricane's and a Fairey Fulmar to Malta.
Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Air Battle of Malta Aircraft Losses and Crash Sites, 1940 - 1942 / A.Rogers, 2017
» Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
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Aces of the Luftwaffe
Photos
accident date:
27-04-1941type: Short Sunderland I
registration: L5807
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.