| Date: | Friday 16 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.91 Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AFDK |
| MSN: | 6804 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Shannon-Rinneanna Airfield (SNN) -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bristol-Whitchurch Airport |
| Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
The aircraft named 'Fortuna' crashed on approach to Shannon.
Sources:
Foreign Aircraft Landings in Ireland 1939 - 1946
Images:
photo (c) IWM CH 14317; Whitchurch Airport
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