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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294981
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
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.
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.
