Date

Location

Force

Aircraft

From-To

Crew

13-10-1942

Hundje Lake - Mozambique

RAF    209 Sqn

Consolidated Catalina    AH543

         ?  → Durban

F/O   E. C. Saunders

P/O   P. O. Daymond

The aircraft was hit by a electrical storm and the crew had to ditch in the Hundje Lagoon, 65 miles from Lourenço Marques. The crew flew back in a BOAC flight.

The plane was taken from S. Martinho de Bilene to Lourenço Marques, where it was latter scrapped.

Resources:
* “Aviões da Cruz de Cristo” – Mário Canongia Lopes
* 209 Operational Record Book - National Archives, London Kew