Avro Tutor: Pentland Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Avro Tutor: Pentland Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) K3305; Dunnet Head; A/c Avro
Canmore ID 288245
Site Number ND27NW 8027
NGR ND 22 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288245
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND27NW 8027 unlocated
NLO: Dunnet Head [name: ND 203 768]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly within Maritime - Orkney.
(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.
This aircraft may have been lost within the quasi-administrative area that is designated Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18231
Name : A/C AVRO
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 32000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : TUTOR
Loss Day : 51
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Ditched in the Pentland Firth.
Cargo : K3305 234 Sqn
