Blackburn Roc: Kilbrannan Sound, Firth Of Clyde
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name Blackburn Roc: Kilbrannan Sound, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) L3121; 'near Crossaig, North Of Carradale'; Kintyre; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 302778
Site Number NR85SW 8007
NGR NR 83 51
NGR Description NR c. 83 51
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR85SW 8007 c. 83 51
N55 42 W5 27
NLO: Crossaig [name: NR 831 551]
Carradale [name: NR 813 383]
Kilbrannan Sound [name centred NR 83 40].
(Classified as Blackburn Roc: date of loss cited as 25 May 1943). L3121: this aircraft of 772 sqdn [FAA] ditched near Crossaig, North of Carradale. Salved, but total loss.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N55 42.00 W5 25.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Crossaig lies inland, at NR 831 511.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 February 2010.
Loss (25 May 1943)
(Classified as Blackburn Roc: date of loss cited as 25 May 1943). L3121: this aircraft of 772 sqdn [FAA] ditched near Crossaig, North of Carradale. Salved, but total loss.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N55 42.00 W5 25.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (26 February 2010)
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Crossaig lies inland, at NR 831 511.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 February 2010.