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| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1944 |
| Time: | 23:55 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | ML858 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gleann Mòr, Saint Kilda, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oban-Connel Airport (OBN/EGEO) |
Crashed during navigational exercise flight out of Oban. All ten occupants died in the crash.
Sources:
Crash Site & Wreckage Short Sunderland ML 858 St. Kilda
secretscotland.org.uk
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
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