JM710 — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

September 22, 1943Accident
The crew was engaged in a night training sortie out of Bathurst, Gambia. On approach, while completing a last turn to the left, the seaplane stalled and crashed in a huge explosion into the sea. All nine crewmen were killed. Crew (208th Squadron): F/O J. G. Finney, pilot, F/O S. B. Cuthbert, copilot, F/Sgt R. G. Craig, flight engineer, Sgt R. D.
Short S.25 Sunderland · 9 fatalities
The cause of the accident is obscure. The aircraft crashed whilst turning on its circuit prior to landing. A possible cause was that the Pilot with not much night flying experience returned to RAF Bathurst whilst the weather conditions were not ideal, and the aircraft stalled in its turn. Full accident record