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Vickers Supermarine Spitfire: Pentland Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Vickers Supermarine Spitfire: Pentland Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunnet Bay; A/c Supermarine
Canmore ID 288262
Site Number ND37NW 8058
NGR ND 32 76
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288262
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND27NW 8058 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704].
(Classified as Supermarine Spitfire: date of loss cited as 14 April 1944). This aircraft was lost in the Pentland Firth. Is this the one reported in Dunnet Bay? Registration: British. [No squadron, serial or identity cited].
(Location cited as N58 40.0 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), 27 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3734
Name : A/C SUPERMARINE
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 31000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SPITFIRE
Loss Day : 14
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1944
Comment : Pentland Firth. Is this the one reported in Dunnet Bay?
