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| Date: | Thursday 11 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland I |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | L5805 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | South Atlantic -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bathurst-Jeswang Airport |
| Freetown-Hastings Airport (HGS/GFHA) |
The aircraft left Bathurst at 2255LT on June 10 on a maritime patrol flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone. As the aircraft failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted but no trace of the seaplane was ever found.
Crew (95 Squadron):
P/O J. Pybus,
F/O J. M. Henderson,
F/O R. W. Lawrence,
P/O D. J. Whalley,
Sgt V. Cromer,
Sgt J. E. Burley,
Sgt R. G. Greenman,
LAC J. M. McNeill,
AC1 H. K. McCombie.
Sources:
Air Historical Branch 5 (RAF)
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-short-s25-sunderland-i-atlantic-ocean-9-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2024 13:20 | Bluey8412 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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