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| Date: | Friday 13 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland I |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, lsf Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DV968 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Bay of Bisay -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pembroke Dock RAF Station |
| Pembroke Dock RAF Station |
The Sunderland flying boat was shot down by Junkers Ju-88's during an anti submarine patrol.
Sources:
RAAF 10 Sqn & 461 Sqn Short Sunderlands
aircrewremembered.com
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