| Date: | Monday 19 June 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways |
| Registration: | G-AFCW |
| MSN: | S.882 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Perseus XIIc |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Hythe -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Fire started on the refuelling barge at Hythe and spread to the flying boat. One of the engineers from the barge was killed.
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