Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 MAY 1943 |
| Type: | Short Sunderland III |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DD846 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Clare Island, Clew Bay (Ireland)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Lost when returning from a patrol mission.
Sources:
» Foreign Aircraft Landings in Ireland 1939 - 1946
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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.
