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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) R6974; 'off Mell Head, Stroma'; North Sea; A/c Supermarine
Canmore ID 288266
Site Number ND37NW 8059
NGR ND 33 75
NGR Description ND c. 33 75
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37NW 8059 c. 33 75
N58 39 W3 9
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81]
Island of Stroma [name: ND 35 77]
Mell Head [name: ND 339 761].
(Classified as Supermarine Spitfire: date of loss cited as 18 July 1941). R6974: this aircraft of 124 sqdn [RAF] crashed into the sea 400 yards off Mell Head, Stroma. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N58 40.0 W3 8.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 April 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3642
Name : A/C SUPERMARINE
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 30800
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SPITFIRE
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Crashed into the sea 400 yards off Mell Head, Stroma.
Cargo : R6974 124 Sqn
