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| Date: | Wednesday 13 February 1946 |
| Time: | 04:48 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland GR.5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VB885 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lee-on-Solent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Calshot RAF Station |
An almost new Short Sunderland GR.V operated by RAF's 302FTU,took of from Calshot, U.K. on a ferry flight to Karachi. Immediately after take off one of the engines failed and the pilot decided to return to Calshot. The first attempt at landing was aborted and the aircraft went round for another approach. However, in the dark and with apparently poor visibility, the pilot apparently misjudged his rate of descent and the aircraft impacted the sea about 100 yards from Lee-on-Solent pier and caught fire. All ten crew were killed in the crash.
Sources:
hampshireairfields.co.uk
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