Felixstowe F3 Flying Boat: North Sea
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Felixstowe F3 Flying Boat: North Sea
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) N4252; Fair Isle; Sumburgh Head; Atlantic; A/c Felixstowe
Canmore ID 288799
Site Number HZ28SE 8001
NGR HZ 25 81
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288799
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HZ28SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Sumburgh Head [name: HU 407 078]
Fair Isle [name centred HZ 21 72].
(Classified as Felixstowe F.3 flying boat: date of loss cited as 16 September 1918). N4252: this aircraft of 306 Flt [RNAS] was lost [crashed into the sea] 4 miles NE of Fair Isle. Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N59 37.0 W1 33.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. This location lies between Sumburgh Head and Fair Isle.
It remains unclear whether the aircraft was lost in the North Sea or the Atlantic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 8596
Name : A/C FELIXSTOWE
Latitude : 593700
Longitude : 13300
Registration : BRITISH
Type : F.3 FLYING BOAT
Loss Day : 16
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1918
Comment : Lost 4 miles NE of Fair Isle
Cargo : N4252 306 Flt
