Vickers Wellington Mk Viii; St Kilda, Soay
Aircraft (Second World War)
Site Name Vickers Wellington Mk Viii; St Kilda, Soay
Classification Aircraft (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) La995; Hx448
Canmore ID 331485
Site Number NA00SE 114
NGR NA 0681 0144
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331485
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Note (24 June 2013)
The wreckage of a Second World War Vickers Wellington bomber is located on the steep and grassy south-eastern slopes of the island of Soay, St Kilda (NA00SE 8). Attempts in the 1970s to identify the particular aircraft suggested it was probably LX998, lost on February 23rd 1943 during a routine exercise out of Stornoway (Barry 1980). Another candidate for the identity of the aircraft, HX448, is less likely.
The wreckage is visible on RCAHMS photographs taken in 2008.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 24 June 2013.
