ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340548
Date: | Saturday 20 November 1943 |
Time: | 17:45 |
Type: | Short Sunderland III |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
Registration: | W6031 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | ca 900 km W off Vigo, Spain -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Short Sunderland flying boat was shot at by AA-fire while attacking German U-Boat U-648. About one hour later the aircraft sent a distress call that they were about to ditch.
Sources:
Men Who Died Serving on Lough Erne / Joe O´Loughlin Location
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