| Date: | Thursday 5 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Norwegian Air Force - RNoAF |
| Registration: | PP140 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 160 km NW of Faroe Islands -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
One of the Sunderland's four engines lost power. The airplane hit the sea in an attempted ditching, overturned and broke up.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
rafcommands.com
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