What son of Queen Mary died on the August 1942 Dunbeath Air Crash?
August 1942 Dunbeath Air Crash The August 1942 Dunbeath Air Crash involved the loss of a Mark 3 Short S.25 Sunderland 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 HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent who was on duty as an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force on a mission to Reykjavik; a loss keenly felt 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.
Brian Lane (RAF officer) Brian John Edward "Sandy" Lane, DFC (18 June 1917 – 13 December 1942) was a fighter pilot and flying ace of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and an author.