Mcdonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom Ii Fg1: North Sea
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Mcdonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom Ii Fg1: North Sea
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Xt598; 'near Leuchars'; St Andrews Bay; A/c Phantom
Canmore ID 315446
Site Number NO62SE 8003
NGR NO 69 21
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/315446
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
Loss (23 November 1978)
(Classified as [McDonnell Douglas] Phantom FG1: date of loss cited as 23 November 1978). XT598: [this aircraft of] 111 sqdn [RAF] crashed into the sea off Leuchars.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N56 23.00 W2 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7344
Name : A/C PHANTOM
Latitude : 562300
Longitude : 23000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : PHANTOM FG1
Position : Position Doubtful
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1978
Comment : Crashed in sea near Leuchars
Cargo : XT598 111 Sqn
Named Location (Nlo) (10 February 2012)
NLO: Leuchars [name centred NO 455 213]
St Andrews Bay [name centred NO 52 18].
Note (10 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. Leuchars Airfield (RAF Leuchars: NO42SE 59.00) is centred at NO 4643 2054, and Leuchars village (NO42SE 61) is centred at NO 4551 2138.
The loss of this aircraft may have occurred within the ill-defined area of St Andrews Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 February 2012.
