The map shows the 35 aircraft losses near the city of Plymouth in the UK, the area extends west as far as Millendreath and south to the Eddystone lighthouse.
A 70 page illustrated book about these aircraft, 'Aircraft Crash Sites in and Around Plymouth Sound National Marine Park' by Peter Holt and Mallory Haas is now available on the Publications page.
Click on the map to show the aircraft's page or use the list of links below:
Name | Description | Date | Location |
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Unknown | Unknown radial engine | c1917 | Plymouth Sound, Asia Knoll |
Unknown | Fairey III D | 15 July 1929 | Plymouth Breakwater, south side |
N238 | Blackburn Iris Mk III | 04 Feb 1931 | Plymouth Sound |
S1263 | Blackburn Iris Mk III | 12 Jan 1933 | Plymouth Sound |
L2349 | Blackburn Shark Mk II | 09 May 1939 | Plymouth Sound |
L2357 | Blackburn Shark Mk II | 20 July 1939 | Cattewater |
N9030 | Short Sunderland Mk I | 15 Oct 1939 | Plymouth Sound, Panther Shoal |
L2374 | Blackburn Shark Mk II | 20 Oct 1939 | Plymouth Sound |
Unknown | Junkers Ju 88 | 22 Aug 1940 | Off Plymouth |
Unknown | Messerschmitt Bf 110 | 30th Oct 1940 | Off Plymouth |
Unknown | Unknown German Aircraft | 12th Jan 1941 | Off Plymouth |
AD861 | Handley-Page Hampden Mk I | 07 July 1941 | Plymouth Sound |
W5581 | Vickers Wellington Mk II | 24 July 1941 | Whitsand Bay, Cornwall |
0398 | Junkers Ju 88D-2 | 6th Dec 1941 | South of Plymouth |
W3998 | Short Sunderland Mk II | 21 Dec 1941 | Plymouth Sound, south of Breakwater |
AM918 | B-24 Liberator Mk I | 15 Feb 1942 | Off the Eddystone |
13014 | Messerschmitt BF109f | 16 May 1942 | Plymouth Sound, Cawsand Bay |
W6054 | Short Sunderland Mk II | 13 Nov 1942 | Plymouth Breakwater, north side |
ED450 | Avro Lancaster Mk III | 13 Feb 1943 | Plymouth Breakwater, south side |
DP179 | Short Sunderland Mk III | 29 Mar 1943 | Plymouth, Cattewater |
W3986 | Short Sunderland Mk III | 20 May 1943 | Off the Eddystone |
Unknown | Dornier Do 217 | 13 Jun 1943 | Off Plymouth |
Unknown | Junkers Ju 88 | 13 Jun 1943 | Off Plymouth |
430564 | Junkers Ju 88D-1 | 12 Aug 1943 | South East of Plymouth |
Unknown | Heinkel He-111 | Feb or Mar 1944 | Off Rame Head |
42-31559 | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress | 20 Mar 1944 | Millendreath |
4701 | Dornier Do-217K-3 | 30 Apr 1944 | Whitsand Bay, Cornwall |
EN768 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb | 19 June 1944 | Off the Eddystone |
DD852 | Short Sunderland Mk III | 02 Sept 1944 | Plymouth Sound, Jennycliff Bay |
ML782 | Short Sunderland Mk III | 11 Dec 1944 | Plymouth Breakwater, west |
ML829 | Short Sunderland Mk III | 09 Feb 1945 | Plymouth Breakwater, west |
LF638 | Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC | 02 Mar 1945 | Plymouth Sound, off Drakes Island |
Unknown | RR Merlin X propeller | 1941 | Plymouth Breakwater, west end |
N3434 | Boulton Paul Defiant III | 29 Aug 1944 | Cattewater, Sparrow's Quay |
C-FOWE | Catalina PBY-5A | 31 May 1986 | Plymouth Sound |
Please note that all aircraft in UK waters that have crashed during military service are protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
The list of contributors to this study of Plymouth shipwrecks, hulks and aircraft crash sites can be found here .
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