Date:	Friday 16 February 1951
Time:
Type:	Short Sunderland GR.5
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	SZ598
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Béja -   Tunisia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB)

Narrative:
The flying boat was on a ferry flight when it flew into a cloud-shrouded hillside. The flying boat was flying 16 miles off course and 1700 feet below safety height.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings

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