page_title: Crossmolina
section_title: Second World War
hierarchical_section_title: Crossmolina / History / Second World War
caption_attribution_description: English: Ariel view of Saint Tiernan's Church, Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland. In the distance is the mountain known locally as Nephin.
context_page_description: Crossmolina is a town in the Barony of Tyrawley in County Mayo, Ireland, as well as the name of the parish in which Crossmolina is situated. The town sits on the River Deel near the northern shore of Lough Conn. Crossmolina is about 9 km west of Ballina on the N59 Road. Surrounding the town, there are a number of agriculturally important Townlands, including Enaghbeg, Rathmore, and Tooreen.
context_section_description: On 13 March 1942, a Bristol Type 149 Blenheim IV crashed in Killeen, Crossmolina. The plane was on a training flight from Isle of Man.  The wireless failed, the crew lost their bearings and eventually, the plane ran low on fuel. The crew made an emergency landing, but overshot the chosen landing spot and went through hedges and boulders. Two crew members were seriously injured. Two of the less seriously injured crew were repatriated to Northern Ireland the following day. The two more seriously injured crew were repatriated by ambulance a week later.
  
  On 25 October 1942, an RAF plane on route from Newfoundland attempted an emergency landing in Pulladoohy, near Crossmolina. However. the plane landed upside down, killing the pilot.  The plane a Boston Douglas light bomber with a crew of 3 came in to land in what seemed to be a flat green field, but unfortunately, the landing site was bog.  The pilot, Captain Nils Rasmussen a Norwegian was buried with military honours in Kilmurray Cemetery. The surviving crew of the aircraft were taken in hand by local members of the Local Defence Force (LDF) and later by the Irish Army. The two survivors were Sgt Peter Frank Craske (1387671) Royal Air Force and F/Sgt Frederick Michael Fuller (R/92107), Royal Canadian Air Force.  The two airmen were sent across the border to Northern Ireland shortly after the crash.
caption: Aerial view of Crossmolina. In the distance is Saint Tiernan's Church and the mountain Nephin.
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