Incident Overview
Date: Friday 30 April 1943
Aircraft Type: Consolidated Catalina 1A
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: FP224
Location: 80 km SW off Freetown, Sierra Leone –
ÿ Atlantic Ocean
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A RAF Sierra Leone-based aircraft crashed at sea during a routine flight.A RAF Sierra Leone-based aircraft crashed at sea during a routine flight.
Description
The aircraft based at RAF JUI (Sierra Leone) crashed at sea.
Primary Cause
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