Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 26 November 1944 |
Type: | Consolidated Catalina |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | JX252 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Ely Lodge, Fermanagh ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Catalina crew mistook a smaller lake near Navar for Lough Erne and impacted a mountainside in low cloud and fog when attempting to land.
Sources:
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Men Who Died Serving on Lough Erne / Joe O´Loughlin
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.