Vickers Supermarine Spitfire I: Pentland Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Vickers Supermarine Spitfire I: Pentland Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) R7074; 'off Dunnet Head'; A/c Supermarine
Canmore ID 288146
Site Number ND27NW 8019
NGR ND 20 78
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288146
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND27NW 8019 unlocated
NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Supermarine Spitfire I: date of loss cited as 27 July 1941). R7074: this aircraft of 124 sqdn [RAF] spun into the sea off Dunnet Head. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N58 41.0 W3 22.0).
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), 23 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18490
Name : A/C SUPERMARINE
Latitude : 584100
Longitude : 32200
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SPITFIRE I
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Spun into the sea off Dunnet Head.
Cargo : R7074 124 Sqn
