Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
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Type: | Short Sunderland Mk III |
Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
Registration: | JM675 |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bay of Biscaye, SW off Isles of Scilly -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
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Narrative:The Short Sunderland Mk III flying boat landed in open ocean to rescue the crew members of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber (BD282) that had crashed.
The Sunderland suffered an accident, killing the pilot. The rest of the crew survived. They were rescued by another Sunderland the next day.
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