NI Wildcat christmas Eve 1944 “incident”… Local History Northern Ireland.

Fascinating stuff and the actual aircraft can now be viewed at the ulster aviation societys hq at the maze , NI .

https://www.ulsteraviationsociety.org/

Please see the excellent article here https://lisburn.com/history/memories/memories-2004/portmore-lough-splashdown.html and others below .

The excellent wartime NI blog covers the incident well here , enjoy .

Grumman Wildcat JV482 crash at Portmore Lough, Co. Antrim