ASN Aircraft accident Short S.25 Sunderland GR.5 SZ573 Singapore-Seletar SPB
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Date:Sunday 26 March 1950
Type:Silhouette image of generic ss25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Short S.25 Sunderland GR.5
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: SZ573
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Singapore-Seletar SPB (   Singapore)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP/WSSL), Singapore
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Whilst the aircraft was being prepared for a sortie, a bomb exploded. The flying boat heeled over and sank in 30 feet of water.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» The Singapore Free Press, 27 March 1950, Page 1
» 205/209 Sunderland Squadron RAF Seletar
» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
» The Straits Times, 27 March 1950, Page 1


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