Fairey Albacore Mk.I BF592 of No.871 Sqn, RN, crashed above the cliffs at Rackwick on Mel Fea on the Isle of Hoy, Orkney, on the 26th June 1942
James Leggat | Sub Lieutenant | Pilot | Killed |
The aircraft was flying to RNAS Hatson near Kirkwall, the main town on Orkney, from Evanton on the Cromarty Firth near Inverness on the Scottish mainland. The aircraft was to have been delivered to 817 Naval Air Squadron.