ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338532
| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | ML743 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cró na Roda Hill (Crownarad), Donegal Co -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed in high ground a half hour after takeoff from Castle Archdale. There was heavy cloud at the time.
Sources:
Foreign Aircraft Landings in Ireland 1939 - 1946
RAAF fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units / by Alan Storr, 2006
Location
Images:
photo (c) Leslie Caddoo; Cró na Roda Hill (Crownarad), Donegal Co; 15 May 2014
photo (c) Leslie Caddoo; Cró na Roda Hill (Crownarad), Donegal Co; 15 May 2014
photo (c) Leslie Caddoo; Cró na Roda Hill (Crownarad), Donegal Co; 15 May 2014
photo (c) Leslie Caddoo; Cró na Roda Hill (Crownarad), Donegal Co; 17 November 2016
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