Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib: Bay Of Kirkwall, Orkney
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib: Bay Of Kirkwall, Orkney
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Z7089; 'off Kirkwall Peerie'; Peerie Sea; Peedie Sea; Wide Firth; Kirkwall Bay
Canmore ID 285181
Site Number HY41SW 8039
NGR HY 44 11
NGR Description HY c. 44 11
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HY41SW 8039 c. 44 11
N58 59 W2 58
NLO: Hatston [name: HY 432 121]
Kirkwall [name: HY 449 111]
Bay of Kirkwall [name centred HY 445 135]
Wide Firth [name centred HY 42 15].
Possibly on map sheet HY41SE.
(Classified as Hawker Sea Hurricane 1b: date of loss as 15 December 1942). Z7089: this aircraft of 885 sqdn [FAA] crashed into the sea off Kirkwall Peerie (Pier?).
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N59 0.0 W2 57.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is tentative. 'Kirkwall Peerie' presumably refers to the Peerie or Peedie Sea [Peedie Sea: HY 4462 11190], to the W of the town and to the S of Bay of Kirkwall.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 December 2006.
