Last updated: 21 April 2021
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Type: |  Consolidated Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FP232 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bay of Biscay ( Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hamworthy RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Hamworthy RAF Station, United Kingdom |
Catalina FP232 took off from RAF Station, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, UK at approx. 19:00 on June 13, 1943, to carry out a patrol in Bay of Biscay. It should have returned to Base on the afternoon of June 14. The flying boat failed to return.
Sources:
» Missing with no known grave / by Alan Storr» Poole Flying Boats Celebration
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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.
