ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307363
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 September 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Northrop N-3PB |
| Owner/operator: | 330 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | 311 |
| MSN: | 311 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Búdareyri -
 Iceland
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Floatplane N-3PB, 311 coded GS-B, was parked at the float plane moorings at Búdareyri (now named Reyðarfjörður). For unexplained reasons, three depth charges were accidentally released and exploded in the sea underneath the aircraft. The plane was salvaged but was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
https://www.key.aero/article/early-wartime-adventures-no-330-norwegian-squadron-raf
https://stridsminjar.is/en/a-list-of-crash-sites-by-year/incidents-in-1941/47-northrop-budhareyri-reydharfjoerdhur-september-16-1941
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