Tyne and Wear HER(12938): Sunderland, RAF Lancaster - Details
12938
Sunderland
Sunderland, RAF Lancaster
Sunderland
NZ36NE
Aircraft Type
Aircraft
Bomber
Modern
C20
Wreckage
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.
39
68
NZ3968
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 20