Sunderland, RAF Lancaster

HER Number:
12938

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, RAF Lancaster

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Aircraft Type

Site Type: Broad:
Aircraft

Site Type: Specific:
Bomber

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A World War Two bomber which crash landed 1/3 mile off Sunderland pier. Air-sea rescue saved 5 of the 8 crewmen. The plane had taken part in a 1000 bomber raid on northern Germany. A Polish destroyer took the Plane in tow, to attempt to get her to Blyth, but she quickly sank.

Easting:
39

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3968

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 20