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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland GR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DV976 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | W off Southend Pier -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Felixstowe RNAS |
| Felixstowe RNAS |
The no. 3 engine caught fire and fell out. A ditching was attempted but the Sunderland overturned.
The seaplane operated on a strain gauge experimental flight out of Felixstowe.
Sources:
Test Flying Memorial Project
The Canberra Times
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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