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| Date: | Tuesday 2 October 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FT999 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Belle Isle Landing, NL -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Canso bounced after running into a heavy swell. The airplane stalled and crashed.
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