MHG33852 - Aircraft Crash Site, Creag Riasgain
Summary
Jet aircraft crash site
Type and Period (1)
- AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE (CRASHED 1901; CRASHED 2100; , Modern - 1901 AD to 2100 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The exact location of this site needs to be established.
A jet plane is alleged to have crashed on the S side of Creag Riabhach, post WWII. No further information surrounding the circumstances of the crash has been uncovered.
Information supplied by Dr N L indsay, 07/09/04
A Fleet Air Arm Albacone aircraft was reported to have crashed somewhere along the Sutherland coast.
See Assoc. Docs. File for newspaper article.
On 25-Jun-1965 Buccaneer S.1 serial XN961, coded 634/LM of 736s based at RNAS Lossiemouth, flew into Creag Riasgain whilst engaged in toss-bombing practice on Tain ranges. Lt/Cmdr WHC Watson & Lt AJ Hulme were both killed.
Info from Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft since 1946 by Ray Sturtivant, Mick Burrow & Lee Howard, page 53.
ISBN 0-815130-283-1
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 9568 1260 (200m by 200m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC91SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | LOTH |
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