[alanatabz]

Sunset here at that time of year would have been at 18:21 , so probably dark. The location would be known as land due to difference between land and sea with cliffs. A church is only noticeable if at very low level, from a greater height you could not see features like a church. This church is at the south end of Cruden Bay, the farm here is on the North side and not that far from RAF Peterhead and RAF Dyce.

One of the links on this thread refer the attack as following on from the back of convoy attacks.

With the aircraft type and date, perhaps anybody could care to identify the Luftwaffe Unit that did the attack based on one of the A/C being lost? It does mention "Oberleutnant H. Kühn ", Will need to see where the engine / prop went from Strathallan, perhaps Museum of Flight at East Linton?

The link on the Tewkesbury has a big area of coverage in relation to this bombing, it mentions Slains Lodge (a good bit South) then Crashing off of Whitehills, which is a good bit North. Perhaps plane flew NNW from Slains to Cruden bay, but unsure why if crashed near whitehills, as that track would be mostly over land unless it was hit as sea and turned back to make land...