Monument record MHG50543 - Supermarine Walrus Ii: Pentland Firth
Summary
No summary available.
Location
Grid reference | Not recorded |
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Map sheet | Not recorded |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NMRS Report: (27/04/2007 13:20:00)
ND27NW 8026 unlocated
NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Supermarine Walrus II: date of loss cited as 8 June 1943). W3047: this aircraft of 282 sqdn [RAF] was abandoned after engine failure on take-off near Dunnet Head, and sank. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N58 40.0 W3 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The aircraft may have been lost within the area designated as Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 April 2007.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 288244.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM