Koggala - Koggala

On November 28, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Koggala - Koggala experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Indian Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The seaplane left Koggala AFB at 0645LT on a maritime survey flight off the east coast of Ceylon, with a return scheduled at 2000LT. The radio contact was lost en route and all attempts to contact the crew between 1241LT and 2257LT were unsuccessful. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Aircraft reference details include registration JM673.