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| Date: | Wednesday 4 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DD859 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by U-Boat U-489. In a final move the Sunderland crew dropped depth charges, sinking the U-Boat. The Sunderland crash-landed and sank.
Sources:
Men Who Died Serving on Lough Erne / Joe O´Loughlin
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