Date:	Friday 13 October 1939
Time:	18:40
Type:	Short Sunderland I
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	N9045
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Isles of Scilly -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Mount Batten RAF Seaplane Station
Destination airport:	Mount Batten RAF Seaplane Station

Narrative:
The Sunderland force landed in the Isles of Scilly during a gale owing to a lack of fuel. It lost the port float. The crew were rescued by a nearby ship, during which the ship collided with the stricken Sunderland and sank it quickly.

Crew: Pilot: 37179 Flt.Lt. Ernest Leslie Hyde RAF ok, (died 29/04/42 while serving with 248 Sqn.). Co-pilot: P/O. W.H. Tremar ok. W/O. Castle ok. AC Stringer ok. AC Dark ok. AC Perry ok. 547593 AC Dennis Sinclair Lloyd RAF ok, (died 08/04/40 while still with 204 Sqn., while flying in Sunderland L5799. AC Hosking ok. AC Athins ok. AC Arundell ok. AC Marles ok. Lt. Carron ok. W/O. Haley ok.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol 1
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