ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339772
| Date: | Thursday 13 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DV991 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bathurst RAF Station -
 Gambia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
RAF Sunderland DV991 took off from RAF Bathurst, Gambia, on an operational patrol mission. The take off run was long and this took the aircraft into rough water. After the last bounce the aircraft was observed to be in an attitude with the nose 45 degrees above the horizontal. The aircraft then stalled with nose and wing down, crashed into the water and broke up. When the aircraft sank, the depth charges exploded, causing a fire on the water.
Sources:
RAAF fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units / by Alan Storr, 2006
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