Fairey Swordfish Ii: North Channel
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Fairey Swordfish Ii: North Channel
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hs454; 'near Ballochantuy, Kintyre'; Bellochantuy; Sound Of Jura; Irish Sea; A/c Fairey
Canmore ID 302642
Site Number NR95NW 8013
NGR NR 90 55
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302642
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR63SW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Bellochantuy [name: NR 663 322]
Bellochantuy Bay [name centred NR 657 324]
Mull of Kintyre [name: NR 612 058]
Sound of Jura [name centred NR 64 78].
(Classified as Fairey Swordfish II: date of loss cited as 6 December 1943). HS454: this aircraft of 836 sqdn [FAA] crashed into the sea near Ballochantuy [Bellochantuy], Kintyre.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N55 45.00 W5 20.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The unverified location that is cited by Whittaker falls within the Firth of Clyde.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 February 2010.
Loss (6 December 1943)
(Classified as Fairey Swordfish II: date of loss cited as 6 December 1943). HS454: this aircraft of 836 sqdn [FAA] crashed into the sea near Ballochantuy [Bellochantuy], Kintyre.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N55 45.00 W5 20.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (17 February 2010)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The unverified location that is cited by Whittaker falls within the Firth of Clyde.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 February 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15393
Name : A/C FAIREY
Latitude : 554500
Longitude : 52000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : SWORDFISH II
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1943
Comment : Crashed into the sea near Ballochantuy, Kintyre.
Cargo : HS454 836 Sqn