Vickers Wellington Ic: Moray Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Vickers Wellington Ic: Moray Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) R1622; 'off Lossiemouth'; North Sea; A/c Vickers
Canmore ID 309793
Site Number NJ27SE 8002
NGR NJ 25 74
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/309793
- Council Moray
- Parish Maritime - Moray
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ27SE 8002 unlocated
NLO: Lossiemouth [name: NJ 235 705].
Not to be confused with NJ27NW 8003, NJ27SE 8003, NJ27SE 8004, NJ27SE 8009 or NJ28SW 8002.
(Classified as Vickers Wellington IC: date of loss cited as 23 August 1941). R1622: this aircraft of 20 OTU [RAF] crashed into the sea off Lossiemouth.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 45.00 W3 15.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Lossiemouth airfield, RAF Lossiemouth or HMS Fulmar (NJ26NW 50.00) is centred at NJ 2090 6948.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2011.
Loss (23 August 1941)
(Classified as Vickers Wellington IC: date of loss cited as 23 August 1941). R1622: this aircraft of 20 OTU [RAF] crashed into the sea off Lossiemouth.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 45.00 W3 15.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (25 February 2011)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Lossiemouth airfield, RAF Lossiemouth or HMS Fulmar (NJ26NW 50.00) is centred at NJ 2090 6948.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 February 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18384
Name : A/C VICKERS
Latitude : 574500
Longitude : 31500
Registration : BRITISH
Type : WELLINGTON IC
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1941
Comment : Crashed into the sea off Lossiemouth.
Cargo : R1622 20 OTU
