Date: | Sunday 28 January 1951 |
Time: | 08:40 |
Type: | Short S.25 Sunderland GR.5 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | PP107 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mt. Yuli -
Taiwan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak RAF Station (HKG/VHHH) |
Destination airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
Narrative:Sunderland PP107 from the RAF 205 Squadron, was on a support mission for the UN Command during the Korean War. The flying boat flew into a Taiwanese mountain at an elevation of 5000 feet in poor visibility.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
205/209 Sunderland Squadron RAF Seletar British airmen can finally rest in peace (Taipei Times, Nov 17, 2005, Page 4)
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