Dunbeath air crash: Prince George, Duke of Kent

Quando

25 de ago. de 1942

Tipo

Evento

Coordenadas

58.23° N, 3.52° W

Posicionado em: coordinates of the event it links, Dunbeath air crash.

Dunbeath air crash: Prince George, Duke of Kent, brother to King George VI and King Edward VIII, is among 14 to die in a military aircraft accident at Morven, Scotland, at the age of 39.

1942 Crash of an RAF Short Sunderland

A Short Sunderland Mk. III flying boat 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 the 15 passengers and crew, including Prince George, Duke of Kent, the king's brother, who was on duty as an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force on a mission to Reykjavík.

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