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| Date: | Monday 21 June 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland MR.5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | SZ599 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Christmas Island -
 Christmas Island
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The airplane lost a float and an engine after hitting a swell on landing. It was scuttled.
Sources:
The Sunderland Flying-boat Queen / By John Evans, 1993
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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