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Blackburn Botha I: Inner Moray Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Blackburn Botha I: Inner Moray Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) L6408; '5 Miles E Of Fort George'; North Sea
Canmore ID 291688
Site Number NH95NW 8001
NGR NH 90 59
NGR Description NH c. 90 59
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH95NW 8001 c. 90 59
N57 37.0 W3 50.0
NLO: Fort George [name: NH762 567].
Possibly on map sheet NH85NE.
(Classified as Blackburn Botha I: date of loss cited as 5 March 1943). L6408: this aircraft of 8 AGS [Air Gunnery School] ditched 5 miles NE of Fort George, after an engine failure.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 37.0 W3 50.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The major artillery fortification of Fort George (NH75NE 3.00) is at NH 76079 56674.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 December 2007.
