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| Date: | Wednesday 20 December 1944 |
| Time: | 02:05 |
| Type: |  Consolidated Catalina IVA (PBY-5) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | JX208 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beenoskee Mountain, Co. Kerry -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Castle Archdale RAF Station, Northern Ireland |
| Castle Archdale RAF Station, Northern Ireland |
Crashed at night in bad weather while on an anti submarine patrol flight.
Sources:
George Smith's Home Page - WW II memorial page
Foreign Aircraft Landings in Ireland 1939 - 1946
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