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| Date: | Saturday 5 June 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland II |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | W6052 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 35km SSE off St. Kilda, Scotland, U.K. -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oban-Connel Airport (OBN/EGEO) |
Missing over sea whilst on a navigational exercise and anti submarine patrol out of Oban.
The Sunderland operated for the 330 (Norwegian) Squadron Royal Air Force.
Sources:
www.rafoban.co.uk
www.theoldcroydonians.org.uk
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