Loch Doon is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland. In the 13th century, it was a site of Balloch Castle, owned by the Earls of Carrick. Two aircraft are known to have crashed in or near the Loch in the Second World War.
About Loch Doon in brief
Loch Doon is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland. In the 13th century, it was a site of Balloch Castle, owned by the Earls of Carrick. The loch was dammed in the 1930s, raising the water some 27 feet to provide seasonal storage for the Galloway hydro-electric power scheme. Two aircraft are known to have crashed in or near the Loch in the Second World War. In 1941 a Spitfire Mk IIA crashed into the loch on a solo training flight from RAF Heathfield.
Roswell Murray MacTavish of 439 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force was on a training flight in Hawker Hurricane Mk. IV LD564 when it crashed into forest beside loch. Hekl lost control and the aircraft broke up and sank, leaving only a patch of oil on the water. In 1977 the Dumfries branch of the Scottish Sub Aqua Club began a systematic search of the bed of the loal in the area where an eyewitness thought the aircraft had crashed.
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