Date:	Sunday 27 December 1953
Time:
Type:	Short Sunderland GR.5
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	RN302
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Tsushima Island -   Japan
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
In a time span of ten minutes both engine no. 4 and engine no.2 lost power. The crew could not maintain height and carried out an emergency landing. The flying boat sustained substantial damage and was scuttled.

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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