ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340966
| Date: | Wednesday 2 June 1943 |
| Time: | 22:48 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland GR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | EJ134 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Praa Sands, South Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Sunderland flying boat was operating with 461 Squadron, RAAF. It was on a patrol mission to the Bay of Biscay when it was attacked by eight Junkers Ju-88 Luftwaffe planes. The crew managed to fight them off and made it back to the U.K. A forced landing was made near the beach. The seaplane was wrecked by tides and seas the next morning.
Sources:
The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen / By John Evans, 1993
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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