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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

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Maritime - Highland
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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