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| Date: | Friday 20 April 1945 |
| Time: | 19:36 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DD855 |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Bristol Pegasus XVIII |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Alness, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
After the aircraft was airborne the outer port engine caught fire. The pilot landed back on the lake but the crew were not successful in extinguishing the fire, which spread rapidly along the port wing. The engine and then the wing fell off and the Sunderland then sank.
Sources:
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