Plymouth - Plymouth

On February 9, 1945 at 12:00 AM, Plymouth - Plymouth experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Plymouth Devon.

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

11 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 18.2%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Plymouth harbor, the aircraft failed to climb and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were killed while 9 others were rescued. Crew killed (10th Squadron): F/Sgt Harry Thomas Groennou, P/O Peter Malcolm Hore.

Aircraft reference details include registration ML829.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.4159°, -4.1239°.