Saro Lerwick I: Firth Of Lorn
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Saro Lerwick I: Firth Of Lorn
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) L7253; 'five Miles West Of Oban'; A/c Saro
Canmore ID 294272
Site Number NM83SW 8028
NGR NM 80 34
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM83SW 8028 unlocated
NLO: Oban [name: NM 860 300]
Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19].
(Classified as Saro Lerwick I: date of loss cited as 20 February 1940). L7253: this aircraft of 209 sqdn [RAF] crashed during a forced landing 5 miles West of Oban. Registration: British.
(Location cited as N56 27.0 W5 34.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 May 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18141
Name : A/C SARO
Latitude : 562700
Longitude : 53400
Registration : BRITISH
Type : LERWICK I
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Crashed during forced landing 5 miles west of Oban.
Cargo : L7253 209 Sqn
Project (2013 - 2015)
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