A museum is seeking help from north-east residents in a bid to piece together the history of a downed Nazi plane on north-east soil.
The RAF Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre has recently been donated a radio controlled model of a German Ju88 bomber from the Second World War.
The donation reminded staff and volunteers of a Ju88 crash near St Cyrus during the conflict – an incident they are hoping to shed further light on.
The plane crashed in St Cyrus in July 1941, with the wreck stretching over dunes.
The type of plane, a Junkers Ju88 dive bomber, took part in frequent raids in Aberdeen and the northeast and were mass produced by the Germans.
On July 12 1941, the Press and Journal wrote on their front page: “A Ju 88 German bomber was shot down yesterday evening by a British Pilot off the North of Scotland.
“The four members of the crew took to a rubber dinghy.
“This was announced in the Air Ministry News Service bulletin on yesterday’s daylight operations.
“The Air Ministry communique issued earlier stated that the bomber was shot down off the North of Scotland coast by one of our fighters.”
This weekend the RAF Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre will be hosting an open weekend and is welcoming anyone who may remember the incident, or have any further information, to get in touch.
The open day is free to attend today and tomorrow.
Graham McIntosh, from the museum’s archive team , said: “We will be pleased to meet anyone who can help remember.
“We think that the crew were buried locally with a military funeral.”
