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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DV967 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | off Finisterre, Spain -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pembroke Dock RAF Station |
The Short Sunderland flying boat was patrolling a sector of the Bay of Biscay near Finisterre. A group of five U boats was spotted and the Sunderland dropped depth charges around one of them (U564). The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed.
Sources:
Keymerand Clayton War Memorials: Flt Lt Desmond Fairfax Hill, RAFVR
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