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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland III |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | DP197 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Creag Riabhach, Lothbeg -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The plane was to carry out a Radar Homing Exercise, on the Radar buoy near Dunbeath.
Due to adverse weather conditions, the plane crashed. All occupants died in the crash.
Sources:
Air Crash Sites-Scotland
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