ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341359
| Date: | Saturday 22 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:23 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | W4029 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Gibraltar-North Front RAF Station (GIB) -
 Gibraltar
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Gibraltar-North Front RAF Station (GIB/LXGB) |
Sunderland W4029 was returning from operations and on the approach to land at Gibraltar it crashed into the sea and sank. The depth chares on board exploded.
Sources:
RAAF fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units / by Alan Storr, 2006
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