Date: | Wednesday 15 September 1954 |
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Type: | Short Sunderland MR.5 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | PP122 |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The flying boat hit a submerged rock on landing causing a rupture in the hull.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen / By John Evans, 1993 Images:
photo (c) Shaun Marsh; St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; 20 September 1954
photo (c) Julia Le Pelley; St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands; 26 September 1954
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