Sunderland, RAF Lancaster

HER Number

12938

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, RAF Lancaster

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Aircraft Crash Site

Site Type: Specific

Lancaster

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

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

439000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ439000568000

Sources

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