British Spitfire | World War 2 Facts

Vickers Wellington N2980, nicknamed “R for Robert.” On New Year’s Eve 1940, a training flight over Loch Ness ran into trouble when it suffered an engine failure in a snowstorm. Most of the crew managed to get out - but the tail gunner sadly didn’t survive. The aircraft ditched into the loch and vanished into deep, dark water. It was found by sonar in 1975 - during a search for the Loch Ness Monster - and recovered in 1985. It’s now preserved at Brooklands Museum - a sobering reminder of the huma