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| Date: | Friday 5 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated Catalina IVA (PBY-5) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | JX581 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sullom Voe, Shetland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The float plane struck some rocks off Sella Ness during landing. The hull was badly damaged and the Catalina eventually sank.
Sources:
crashsiteorkney.com
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