[alanatabz]

Following up on the "The other incident I heard of happened near the Meikle Loch in Slains. Two British planes collided, one managed to fly away, the other crashed. The pilot of the crashed plane parachuted down safely. My grandfather saw the pilot come down, my grandfather and the school headmaster rushed to help him. The pilot, who was maybe Czechoslovakian, was seen kicking his boots off as he was above the Meikle Loch. He landed in the water, was helped out and taken to Slains schoolhouse. The aircraft came down near the farm buildings at Whitefields on the north side of the Meikle Loch. The engine of the aircraft broke free and bounced past Charlie Reid who was ploughing with horses in a field next to the loch."

Trying to identify an aircraft / pilot / date

Looking at limited info

310 Squadron, possibly based at RAF Dyce
or 315 Squadron based at Peterhead
or 312 Squdron June august 1943 at Peterhead
Collision in the air - 2 machines, 1 crashed
Pilot survived
July to September 1941 (310 Squadron)
Nov 1944 (315 Sqd)
As the farmer was ploughing, suggests late summer - Early Autumn
Possibly Hurricane or Spitfire
- 310 sq, or Mustang 315 sq

Anybody any lists of machines lost in Aberdeenshire.