Last updated: 9 December 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 19 December 1943 |
| Type: | Short Sunderland III |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DW106 |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Portuguese coast ( Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pembroke Dock RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Gibraltar-North Front RAF Station (GIB/LXGB), Gibraltar |
Sunderland DW106 of 270 Sqn RAF took off at 23:45 hours on 18 December 1943 in transit flight from RAF Station Pembroke Dock, failed to arrive at Gibraltar.
It was reported that a distress IFF signal was picked up 30 miles off Cape St Vincent by Sunderland EK589 which was following DW106. this being the only information regarding the possible location of the missing aircraft. A thorough search of the area failed to locate the aircraft or crew.
Sources:
» Missing with no known grave / by Alan StorrPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pembroke Dock RAF Station to Gibraltar-North Front RAF Station as the crow flies is 1717 km (1073 miles).
Distance from Pembroke Dock RAF Station to Gibraltar-North Front RAF Station as the crow flies is 1717 km (1073 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
