ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated Catalina JX252 Ely Lodge, Fermanagh
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Date:Sunday 26 November 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic CAT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Consolidated Catalina
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: JX252
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First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
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Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Ely Lodge, Fermanagh (   United Kingdom)
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:
» Men Who Died Serving on Lough Erne / Joe O´Loughlin


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