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| Date: | Sunday 26 March 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short S.25 Sunderland GR.5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | SZ573 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Singapore-Seletar SPB -
 Singapore
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP/WSSL) |
Whilst the aircraft was being prepared for a sortie, a bomb exploded. The flying boat heeled over and sank in 30 feet of water.
Sources:
The Singapore Free Press, 27 March 1950, Page 1
205/209 Sunderland Squadron RAF Seletar
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
The Straits Times, 27 March 1950, Page 1
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