Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Iib: Firth Of Forth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Iib: Firth Of Forth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) P8582; '5 Miles Ne Of Dunbar'; 'off St Abbs Head'; Outer Forth Estuary; A/c Supermarine
Canmore ID 289453
Site Number NT78NW 8007
NGR NT 74 87
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/289453
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT78NW 8007 unlocated
NLO: St Abbs Head [name: NT 911 694]
Dunbar [name: NT 678 790].
(Classified as Supermarine Spitfire IIB: date of loss cited as 5 May 1943). P8582: this aircraft of 58 OTU [RAF] crashed into the sea 5 miles NE of Dunbar, or off St Abbs Head. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N56 5.0 W2 25.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The loss may have occurred within the quasi-administrative area that is designated as Maritime - Fife.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 July 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3711
Name : A/C SUPERMARINE
Latitude : 560500
Longitude : 22500
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SPITFIRE IIB
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1943
Comment : Crashed into the sea 5 miles NE of Dunbar, or off St Abbs Head.
Cargo : P8582 58 OTU
