Enniskillen - Enniskillen

On November 20, 1944 at 09:55 PM, Enniskillen - Enniskillen experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Enniskillen Fermanagh.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was involved in a night circular training flight in Enniskillen. On approach, the seaplane overshot the flare path and eventually crashed in the Lough Erne, few hundred yards away from the airfield. While four crew members were injured, four others were killed. Crew (201st Squadron): F/L D. J. Dolphin, † F/O D. H. Longland, F/O Gleigh, Sgt C. V. Ford, F/O M. Alexander, Sgt J. B. Green, † Sgt E. Parry, † Sgt J. B. Cummings. †

Aircraft reference details include registration W4036.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.3448°, -7.6389°.