Blackburn Buccaneer S2: Atlantic
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Blackburn Buccaneer S2: Atlantic
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Xv164; 'off Strathy Point'; Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 294909
Site Number NC87NW 8006
NGR NC
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC87NW 8006 unlocated
NLO: Strathy Point [name: NC 827 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as Blackburn Buccaneer S.2: date of loss cited as 16 September 1969). XV164: this aircraft of 801 sqdn [FAA] crashed into the sea near Strathy Point. Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N58 40.0 W4 0.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2008.
