L2271

On March 6, 1945 at 10:55 AM, L2271 experienced a crash involving Supermarine Walrus, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Flamborough East Yorkshire.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight off the East Yorkshire coast. While completing a turn at low height, the seaplane hit the water surface and crashed few hundred yards off Flamborough Head. All three crew members were killed. Crew (278th Squadron): F/Lt Colin Graham Robertson, F/Lt Cecil Gloucester Walker, W/O Leonard Albert Gordon Carpenter.

Aircraft reference details include registration L2271.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.1219°, -0.1140°.