PP140

On April 5, 1945 at 12:00 AM, PP140 experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Atlantic 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.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 12, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Enroute, an engine caught fire, forcing the pilot to reduce his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The aircraft hit the water surface, overturned, exploded and sank some 100 miles northwest of Feroe Islands. All 12 crew members were killed. Crew (330th Squadron): Lt Olav Benum, pilot, Cpt Fenrik Harald Morten Wiese Aarstad, pilot, Sgt Olav Thorsen, copilot, Sgt Vingsjt Magne Hovda, navigator, Sgt Kaare Egil Lea, flight engineer, Sgt Bjarne Hjalmar Christensen, flight engineer, Sgt Jorgen Ryhl Bineau, radio operator, Sgt Ole Edvardt Johansen, wireless operator and air gunner, Sgt Adolf Herman Ffrantzen, wireless operator and air gunner, Sgt Kaare Arctander Johansen, air gunner, Sgt Hans Mikkelsen, air gunner, Sgt Bror Wilfred SJödgren, wireless operator and air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP140.