 The aircraft climbed normally from the runway , levelled off to gather speed but then suddenly lost height and crashed into the harbour . The 62 @-@ year @-@ old general died , along with 15 others . The sole survivor was the Czech @-@ born pilot , Eduard Prchal , who was rescued by an RAF launch . The bodies of five passengers and crew , including Sikorski 's daughter , were never found . 
 The aircraft climbed normally from the runway , <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>levelled</mark></a> off to gather speed but then suddenly lost height and crashed into the harbour . The 62 @-@ year @-@ old general died , along with 15 others . The sole survivor was the Czech @-@ born pilot , Eduard Prchal , <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>was rescued by an RAF launch . The bodies of five passengers and crew , including Sikorski <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>daughter , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> never found . 
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