English Electric Lightning F6: North Sea
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name English Electric Lightning F6: North Sea
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Xs 918; '9 Nm E Of Leuchars, Or West Of [the] Bell Rock'
Canmore ID 315437
Site Number NO62SE 8001
NGR NO
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Loss (5 March 1970)
(Classified as [English Electric] Lightning F6: date of loss cited as 5 March 1970). XS918: [this aircraft of] 11 [111] sqdn RAF crashed [into the sea] 9nm E of Leuchars, or W of [the] Bell Rock.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N56 24.00 W2 32.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (9 February 2012)
The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. The loss of this aircraft may have occurred within the area that is designated Maritime - Angus.
RAF Leuchars (Leuchars Airfield: NO42SE 59.00) is in NE Fife, being centred at NO 4643 2054.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 February 2012.
Named Location (Nlo) (9 February 2012)
NLO: Leuchars [name centred NO 455 213]
Bell Rock [NO 762 270].
Possibly in Maritime - Angus.
