Grumman Wildcat Mk.V JV499 of No.778 Sqn, Royal Navy, crashed on Blackside on the 2nd December 1944
John Geoffrey Armstrong | Sub Lieutenant (A) RNVR | Pilot | Killed |
The 22 year old pilot was returning to No.778 Squadron’s home station of HMS Condor (RNAS Arbroath) from RAF Ayr on Saturday the 2nd December 1944. At some point during the flight, probably only shortly after leaving Ayr, the aircraft flew into Auchenlongford Hill on Blackside near the village of Sorn in Ayrshire killing the pilot.


