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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V: North Sea
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V: North Sea
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) T4290; North Head; Noss Head; Wick Bay; A/c Armstrong Whitworth
Canmore ID 288608
Site Number ND55NW 8013
NGR ND 51 57
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288608
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND55NW 8013 unlocated
NLO: North Head [name: ND 384 507]
Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506]
Noss Head [name: HU 554 398].
Formerly entered as ND55NW 8008 (unlocated).
(Classified as Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V: date of loss cited as 26 March 1941). T4290: this aircraft of 612 sqdn [RAF] ditched off North Head, Caithness. Cannot trace: see Noss Head? Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N58 30.0 W2 50.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. North Head is on the N side of Wick Bay, and is preferred to the suggested equation with Noss Head that is suggested by Whittaker.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 May 2007.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12449
Name : A/C ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH
Latitude : 583000
Longitude : 25000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : WHITLEY V
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 3
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Ditched off North Head, Caithness. Cannot trace, see Noss Head?
Cargo : T4290 612 Sqn
