Foynes Flying Boat Museum

Foynes Flying Boat Museum
Foynes, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)69 65416
Fax: +353 (0)69 65600
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GPS: 52.6115, -9.1082 (Decimal degrees)

Open Daily: 09:00h - 17:00h
March 14th - November
Other times for groups by prebooking.
Last admission 1 hour before closing.

Adults: €9.00
Seniors/Students: €7.00
Children under 14: €5.00
Children under 5: FREE
Family Ticket: €25.00
(2 adults and up to 4 children)

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One of the largest aircraft of the time, twelve were built for Pan American World Airways, three of which were sold to BOAC in 1941 before delivery. Since the start of the survey flights in 1937 Pan Am's Clippers had made a total of 2,097 Atlantic crossings.

Pan Am's Boeing B314 NC18603 'Yankee Clipper' was the first B314 allocated to the Atlantic division and was christened by Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt on 3rd March 1939. Its first visit to Foynes was on the 11th April 1939 under the command of Captain Harold Gray.

Saturday the 18th August 1945 was a record day for Pan American World Airways operations in Foynes, two clippers, the 'Atlantic' and the 'Dixie' arrived from New York in the morning and returned that night. 101 transatlantic passengers were handled at the airport—a record for a day's operation by one airline. Travelling were nationals of Great Britain, Argentina, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands and the USA.

What follows is the catalogue of the fate of the Yankee Clipper, and all the other B314 flying boats operated by Pan Am and BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation).

Reg	Type	Name	Service	Status
Boeing 314 operated by PanAm
NC18601	314	Honolulu Clipper	1939 - 45	Sunk by US Navy
NC18602	314	California Clipper	1939 - 50	Scrapped
NC18603	314	Yankee Clipper	1939 - 43	Crashed
NC18604	314	Atlantic Clipper	1939 - 46	Used for parts
NC18605	314	Dixie Clipper	1939 - 50	Scrapped
NC18606	314	American Clipper	1939 - 46	Scrapped
NC18607	314A	Pacific Clipper	1941 - 46	Damaged by storm
NC18611	314A	Anzac Clipper	1941 - 51	Destroyed
NC18612	314A	Cape Town Clipper	1941 - 46	Sunk by US Coast Guard
Boeing 314 operated by BOAC
G-AGBZ	314A	Bristol	1941 - 48	Sold
G-AGCA	314A	Berwick	1941 - 48	Sold
G-AGCB	314A	Bangor	1941 - 48	Sold