Short Sunderland I Flying Boat: The Wig, Loch Ryan
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Short Sunderland I Flying Boat: The Wig, Loch Ryan
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) T9073; Raf Wig Bay; Wig Bay; 'off Scar Point'; The Scar; A/c Short
Canmore ID 299200
Site Number NX06NW 8022
NGR NX 039 674
NGR Description NX c. 039 674
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX06NW 8022 c. 039 674
N54 57.8 W5 3.8
NLO: The Wig [name: NX 039 674]
Loch Ryan [name centred NX 05 65].
For RAF Wig Bay (NX 0337 6524 to NX 0333 6858), see NX06NW 44.00.
(Classified as Short Sunderland I: date of loss cited as 22 June 1944). T9073: this aircraft of 95 sqdn [RAF] caught fire on [her] mooring off Scar Point, Wig Bay [The Wig]. Sank?
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N54 57.0 W5 2.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Scar Point is presumably to be equated with The Scar [name centred NX 044 676], a projecting sandbank across the E and NE sides of The Wig.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 June 2009.
Loss (22 June 1944)
(Classified as Short Sunderland I: date of loss cited as 22 June 1944). T9073: this aircraft of 95 sqdn [RAF] caught fire on [her] mooring off Scar Point, Wig Bay [The Wig]. Sank?
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N54 57.0 W5 2.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (29 June 2009)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Scar Point is presumably to be equated with The Scar [name centred NX 044 676], a projecting sandbank across the E and NE sides of The Wig.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 June 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18301
Name : A/C SHORT
Latitude : 545700
Longitude : 50200
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SUNDERLAND I
Loss Day : 22
Loss Month : 6
Loss Year : 1944
Comment : Caught fire on mooring off Scar Point, Wig Bay. Sank?
Cargo : T9073 95 Sqn
