Date:	Tuesday 21 October 1947
Time:
Type:	Short Sunderland GR.3
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	DV976
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	W off Southend Pier -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Felixstowe RNAS
Destination airport:	Felixstowe RNAS

Narrative:
The no. 3 engine caught fire and fell out. A ditching was attempted but the Sunderland overturned.
The seaplane operated on a strain gauge experimental flight out of Felixstowe.

Test Flying Memorial Project
The Canberra Times
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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