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| Date: | Thursday 20 December 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland GR.5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | RN294 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Wig Bay -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Sank in poor weather whilst moored.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
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