| Date: | Thursday 24 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AFCZ |
| MSN: | S.885 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Perseus XIIc |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 42 km SW off M'bour, Senegal -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
A Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat was lost at sea off Bathurst, Gambia, killing all 19 on board.
The flying boat operated on a flight from Lagos, Nigeria to Poole, U.K. with en route stops at Bathurst, Gambia and Lisbon, Portugal.
Sources:
rafcommands.com
Location
Images:
photo (c) IWM CM 6525; Gibraltar; 12 October 1941
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