Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland I off Nigg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Short S.25 Sunderland
Operator:
Registration:
L2168
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Invergordon - Invergordon
Location:
Nigg
Ross and Cromarty
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Invergordon to perform a night training mission consisting of landing practice. Apparently, an engine caught fire in flight and the seaplane crashed into the Cromarty Firth off the village of Nigg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (4th OTU):
George Robert Sawhill Riddell,
John Raymond Harnwell,
William McCarroll,
Sydney Albert Spencer.
Probable cause:
Engine fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow II in Nigg

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow
Operator:
Registration:
K7022
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Nigg
Ross and Cromarty
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane lost the upper fin in flight, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing some 3 miles east of Nigg. While the aircraft was wrecked, all four crew members were uninjured.
Probable cause:
Loss of the upper fin in flight.
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