ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341281
| Date: | Friday 13 November 1942 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland II |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | W6054 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Plymouth Sound -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gibraltar RAF Station (GIB/LXGB) |
| Mount Batten RAF Seaplane Station |
The Sunderland flying boat, operated by 10 Squadron RAF crashed upon landing in Plymouth Sound in thick fog.
With only 15 minutes of fuel left the pilot attempted a blind landing, but with the altimeter still reading 600 feet the Sunderland impacted the sea with the starboard wing down. The aircraft flipped on its back and split in half. The eleven crew were left in the sea for 90 minutes before rescue, none of the passengers survived.
Sources:
Shipwrecks and History In Plymouth Sound
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