Dunbeath air crash
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dunbeath-air-crash-179-7370819
title:
Dunbeath air crash
text:
The Dunbeath air crash involved the loss of a Short S.25 Sunderland Mk. III that crashed in the Scottish Highlands on a headland known as Eagle's Rock near Dunbeath, Caithness, on 25 August 1942. The crash killed 14 of 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, who was on duty as an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force on a mission to Reykjavík; a message of condolence was proposed in Parliament by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. A Royal Air Force Board of Inquiry determine
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1942 Crash of an RAF Short Sunderland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbeath_air_crash
date created:
2017-06-22T18:01:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T22:50:47Z
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