Irish Skies Pod – Episode 10 – Irish Air Corps Dove 188 Crash

On 27th January 1961 at 06:05, Irish Air Corps Dove 188 crashed at Killula, Newmarket-on-Fergus near Shannon Airport. Dove 188 had been operating in support of the Air Traffic Control service, flying vectored circuits for Controllers undergoing radar training. Two ATC personnel, Geoffrey (Colm) O’Donoghue and Patrick Wall and two Air Corps Officers, Lt Donal Brady and Lt Brian Corr, lost their lives in the accident. This video marks the anniversary of the crash and acknowledges the work of the Roger Casement Branch of Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann in preserving the memory of this event. 

Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyerhttps://flyinginireland.com
Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won ‘Upcoming Aviation Professional Award’ at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.

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