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| Date: | Wednesday 10 November 1943 |
| Time: | 17:55 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | EK572 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | off Spanish coast -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pembroke Dock RAF Station |
The Sunderland flying boat was attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed into the sea. It broke up upon impact
Sources:
Flypast 05/2000
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