Vickers Wellington Ic: Moray Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Vickers Wellington Ic: Moray Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) N2822; 'six Miles North Of Lossiemouth'; North Sea; A/c Vickers
Canmore ID 309408
Site Number NJ28SW 8002
NGR NJ 20 83
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/309408
- Council Moray
- Parish Maritime - Moray
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ28SW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Lossiemouth [name: NJ 235 705].
Not to be confused with NJ27NW 8003, NJ27SE 8002, NJ27SE 8003, NJ27SE 8004 or NJ27SE 8009.
(Classified as Vickers Wellington IC: date of loss cited as 6 September 1942). N2822: this aircraft of 20 OTU [RAF] crashed into the sea six miles North of Lossiemouth.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 50.00 W3 20.00).
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), 7 February 2011.
Loss (6 September 1942)
(Classified as Vickers Wellington IC: date of loss cited as 6 September 1942). N2822: this aircraft of 20 OTU [RAF] crashed into the sea six miles North of Lossiemouth.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 50.00 W3 20.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (7 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), 7 February 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 18179
Name : A/C VICKERS
Latitude : 575000
Longitude : 32000
Registration : BRITISH
Type : WELLINGTON IC
Loss Day : 6
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1942
Comment : Crashed into the sea 6 miles north of Lossiemouth.
Cargo : N2822 20 OTU
