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Fairey Albacore I: Pentland Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Fairey Albacore I: Pentland Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) X9174; Stroma; A/c Fairey
Canmore ID 288247
Site Number ND37NW 8044
NGR ND 32 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288247
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37NW 8044 unlocated
NLO: Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Fairey Albacore I: date of loss cited as 13 January 1943). X9174: this aircraft of 831 sqdn [FAA] crashed into the Pentland Firth. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N58 40.0 W3 10.0).
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 Stroma.
The aircraft may have been lost within the area designated as Maritime - Orkney.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15429
Name : A/C FAIREY
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 31000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : ALBACORE I
Loss Day : 13
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1943
Comment : Crashed into the Pentland Firth.
Cargo : X9174 831 Sqn
