Date | Type | Serial Nº | Indentity | Operated by | Unit | Location | Killed | Survivors | Notes |
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25th October, 1941 | Vickers Wellington I | T 2506 | - | RAF | 103rd Squadron | Kilmihill | - | 6 | The crew of six baled out successfully near Kilmihill, Co. Clare. |
3rd December, 1941 | Short Sunderland II | W 3988 | - | RAF | 201st Squadron | In the Sea off Doonbeg | 9 | 2 | Landed at sea and sank, only two of the crew survived. |
23rd December, 1942 | Lockheed P-38 'Lightning' | - | - | USAAF | - | Ballyvaughan Strand | - | ? | This aircraft made a forced-landing on the Strand at Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, on the shores of Galway Bay. |
10th July, 1943 | Consolidated B-24D Liberator | 42-40784 | "Travellin' Trollop" | USAAF | 389th Bombardment Group | Lahinch Beach | - | 11 | The crew of this aircraft were repatriated and the airframe was dismantled, the more valuable parts being taken to an airforce base in Northern Ireland. |
16th July, 1943 | DeHavilland 'Albatross' | - | 'Fortuna' | BOAC | Civilian Flight | Rineanna | - | ? | This aircraft broke up on coming in to land at Rineanna field. There were no reported casualties which is amazing. |
18th December, 1943 | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | 43-37895 | - | USAAF | - | Rineanna | - | 10 | In the face of extremely bad weather over the Atlantic this aircraft had to make an emergency landing at the 'new' airport of Rineanna. |
23rd February, 1944 | Consolidated B-24J Liberator | 2109825 | - | USAAF | - | Rineanna | - | 10 | This was probably on a delivery 'ferry' flight and was routed from Marrakesch to a base in Northern Ireland. It is not currently known why it landed in Rineanna, most likely cause was fuel shortage and navigational problems. |
5th March, 1944 | Douglas C 47 'Skytrain' | 42 23395 | - | USAAF | - | Rineanna | - | 5 | No information at the moment as to why this aircraft landed at Rineanna, shortage of fuel would be a probability. |
7th April, 1944 | Supermarine Spitfire XIX | EN 409 | "BE-?" | RAF | Nº 8 OTU (Photo-Recce.) | Spanish Point, Miltown Malbay | - | 1 | This made a forced-landing at Spanish Point. Unusually, this aircraft had an all blue paint finish, no camouflage markings. |
Number of aircraft downed. | 9 | 9 | 45 |