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| Date: | Wednesday 3 December 1941 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | W3988 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Carrowmore near Doonbeg, County Clare -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed into the sea under unknown circumstances. Nine crew members died in the crash.
http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dan/war/w3988.htm
Sources:
Foreign Aircraft Landings Ireland 1939-1945
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