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Saro London I Flying Boat: Cromarty Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Saro London I Flying Boat: Cromarty Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) K5913; 'off Invergordon'; Firth Of Cromarty; A/c Saro
Canmore ID 311486
Site Number NH76NW 8019
NGR NH 70 68
NGR Description NH c. 70 68
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/311486
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Loss (12 September 1941)
(Classified as Saro London I [flying boat]: date of loss cited as 12 September 1941). K5913: [this aircraft] of 4 O[perational] T[raining] U[nit] [Royal Air Force caught] fire and sank off Invergordon.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 40.50 W4 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (30 June 2011)
NLO: Invergordon [name: NH 708 683]
Cromarty Firth [name centred NH 69 67].
Possibly on map sheet NH66NE.
Note (30 June 2011)
(Location entered as NH c. 70 68 [N57 41.00 W4 11.00]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The loss of this aircraft may have occurred within the area of map sheet NH66NE.
The Royal Air Force seaplane and flying boat base on the Cromarty Forth (NH66NE 52.00: RAF Alness) was centred around NH 6512 6790.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 June 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18213
Name : A/C SARO
Latitude : 574030
Longitude : 41000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : LONDON I
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Fire and sank off Invergordon.
Cargo : K5913 4 OTU
