Airspeed Oxford I: Loch Laidon
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Airspeed Oxford I: Loch Laidon
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) L4597; 'four Miles Sw Of Rannoch'; A/c Airspeed
Canmore ID 293842
Site Number NN35SE 8001
NGR NN 365 527
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293842
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN35SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Loch Laidon [name centred NN 388 548].
Possibly on map sheets or NN45NW.
Possibly in Glenorchy and Inishail parish.
(Classified as Airspeed Oxford I: date of loss cited as 2 March 1942). L4597: this aircraft suffered engine failure, [and] landed on ice on Loch Laidon, 4 miles SW of Rannoch. Recovered? 45MU. Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N56 38.5 W4 40.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The location that is cited by Whittaker remains unverified.
In this context, 'Rannoch' presumably refers to the limited settlement around Rannoch Station (NN45NW 2) at NN 42249 57878. This would indicate a location of loss towards the SW end of the loch.
A 'terrestrial' number is assigned to this record on account of the loss being that of an aircraft in an inland (freshwater) context.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 April 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18114
Name : A/C AIRSPEED
Latitude : 563830
Longitude : 44000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : OXFORD I
Loss Day : 2
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1942
Comment : Engine failure, landed on ice on Loch Laidon, 4 miles SW of Rannoch. Recovered?
Cargo : L4597 45 MU
