Monument record MHG50544 - Avro Tutor: 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 13:36:02)
ND27NW 8027 unlocated
NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Avro Tutor: date of loss cited as 51 [15?] May 1940). K3305: this aircraft of 234 sqdn [RAF] ditched in the Pentland Firth. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N58 40.0 W3 20.0).
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; this places the loss off Dunnet Head.
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. 288245.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM