#Latest news with #ConsolidatedLiberatorAL577Irish Independent23-05-2025GeneralIrish IndependentLanding gear stolen from site of Ireland's worst air disaster left back after public appealFears memorial in Louth's Cooley mountains now at risk. The Argus Today at 06:06 Landing gear which had been removed from the site of Ireland's worst on-land air disaster in the Cooley mountains in Louth was returned overnight following a public appeal on social media. Local people were horrified to learn that part of the wreckage of the Consolidated Liberator AL577 which crashed into the side of Slieve na Gloch mountain near Jenkinstown, killing 15 members of the 19 strong crew, had been taken from the site earlier this month.
Irish Independent23-05-2025GeneralIrish IndependentLanding gear stolen from site of Ireland's worst air disaster left back after public appealFears memorial in Louth's Cooley mountains now at risk. The Argus Today at 06:06 Landing gear which had been removed from the site of Ireland's worst on-land air disaster in the Cooley mountains in Louth was returned overnight following a public appeal on social media. Local people were horrified to learn that part of the wreckage of the Consolidated Liberator AL577 which crashed into the side of Slieve na Gloch mountain near Jenkinstown, killing 15 members of the 19 strong crew, had been taken from the site earlier this month.