AW245 was one of the first Mark IIs to serve with the RAF when delivered to 217 Squadron in November 1941. It took part in the attack on German warships Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisnau (Operation Fuller) in the English Channel, February 12, 1942. Three crew members injured, AW245. It later served with No. 5 Operational Training Unit until 1945. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

The mangled remains of a Beaufort torpedo bomber of RAF Coastal Command lie in a crater near the summit of Hill of Wirren. The aircraft crashed 8 March, 1942, and belonged to 217 Squadron based at RAF Leuchars. The two man crew were both killed in the accident. The wreckage lies not far from that of an RAF Liberator which crashed some two and half years later.