RAF flying boat crash. Originally part of News in a Nutshell.
Pembroke Dock, Wales.
Nine officers and men of Royal Air Force are killed when flying boat (seaplane), bound for Singapore, crashes into mountain side in Sicily. These pictures were taken before they left on their doomed...
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The aircraft seen here is a Short Singapore III flying boat.
The crash reported in the text occurred on 15 February 1935. A magazine article of the era, reporting the crash and the names of those killed, can be found on the attached page under the headline "Crash of a Singapore Flying Boat....
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfar
chive/view/1935/1935 - 0406.html