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| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| 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) |
| Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
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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