AN eagerly waited seaplane landed on the Gareloch in 1940 . . . then tipped over and sank.
It was a captured World War Two Arado 196a floatplane, which was being brought to the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment at Helensburgh and Rhu.
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Wartime experiments at Rhu
MORE information is being sought by the author of a book on a comparatively little known World War Two activity in the Helensburgh area — the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment.
Robin Bird wrote ‘Top Secret War Bird of World War Two’, which is about his father, photographer Bob Bird.
Burgh pilot died in crash
A WORLD War Two pilot from Helensburgh died in 1944 as the result of an accident.
Flying Officer Hew Morrison was killed in a Hurricane aircraft on July 27 1944 over Ollerton Park and is buried in Faslane Cemetery.