Dunbeath air crash
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 (Scottish Gaelic: Creag na h-Iolaire) 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 the British Prime Minister. A Royal Air Force Board of Inquiry determined that the crash was the result of a navigational error by the crew.
Short Sunderland Mk. III (similar aircraft) | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 August 1942 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Eagle's Rock, near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland 58°14.1781′N 3°30.5338′W |
| Aircraft type | Short Sunderland Mk. III |
| Operator | No. 18 Group, Royal Air Force |
| Registration | W4026 |
| Flight origin | RAF Invergordon, Scotland |
| Destination | RAF Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Passengers | 4 |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 14 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
Location of crash site
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