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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FP287 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Island, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Poole Seaplane Base |
| Poole Seaplane Base |
Crashed at Long Island, Dorset, while on a non-operational training flight. The aircraft overshot the landing path and was attempting to go around again when the aircraft flew into sea fog at the end of the flare path and crashed. Eight on board were killed and four were injured.
Sources:
RAAF fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units / by Alan Storr, 2006
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