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| Date: | Saturday 3 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | ML811 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Santiago de Baney -
 Equatorial Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The plane crashed on a ferry flight under unknown circumstances and burnt out. Nine crew members died instantly, one crew member later died in hospital.
Sources:
rafcommands.com
WW2 Talk Forum
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