Hull-loss description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 MAR 1947 |
| Type: | Short Sunderland GR.5 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VB886 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pembroke Dock (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Sank during a gale.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen / By John Evans, 1993
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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.
