Died aged 27
#129072 Flying Officer/Pilot RAF
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived. It is not known if the flight was out-bound or in-bound.
#129072 Flying Officer/Pilot RAF
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived. It is not known if the flight was out-bound or in-bound.
Died aged 27
#129072 Flying Officer/Pilot RAF
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived. It is not known if the flight was out-bound or in-bound.
#129072 Flying Officer/Pilot RAF
A "Flying Boat" Short S.25 Sunderland Mark 111, DW 110, was based at RAF Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. The base was on Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, and flew out to the Atlantic over the Irish Republic, via the "Donegal Corridor". They provided protection to North Atlantic Convoys, and hunted German Submarines that tried to attack the convoys. They were equipped with an early form of radar, which was used to find submarines on the surface at night, when they were charging their batteries.
It crashed into the Bluestack Mountains, Co. Donegal, during the night of 31 January 1944. Of the 12 crew members onboard, 7 were killed and 5 survived. It is not known if the flight was out-bound or in-bound.
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