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Unknown: Atlantic

Aircraft (20th Century)

Site Name Unknown: Atlantic

Classification Aircraft (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Off Whiten Head'; An Ceann Geal; Pentland Firth; A/c

Canmore ID 294981

Site Number NC46NE 8015

NGR NC 49 69

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Maritime - Highland
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NC46NE 8015 unlocated

NLO: Whiten Head or An Ceann Geal [name: NC 502 687]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

(No type, mark or nationality specified: date of loss cited as 2 April 1941). Unknown: this aircraft crashed off Whiten Head, Caithness [Sutherland].

(Location of loss cited as N58 35.0 W4 35.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 3628

Name : A/C

Latitude : 583500

Longitude : 43500

Loss Day : 2

Loss Month : 4

Loss Year : 1941

Comment : Crashed off Whiten Head, Caithness.

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