New Aberdour
A small 19th century planned village, New Aberdour (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dobhair) lies just south of the Moray Firth Coast, 7 miles (11 km) west of Fraserburgh. One of the earliest churches in Scotland, is said to have been founded here in 580 AD by Saint Drostan and Saint Columba.
Aberdour Bay, north of New Aberdour, looking east
During World War II, a German Heinkel HE115 crashed near a farm on Windyheads Hill. Local people assisted an injured airman. The facts and events story is documented in a 2018 book "North East Scotland at War - Events and facts 1939-1945" [1] which corrects the belief the aircraft came from Norway and ran out of fuel; it was actually from Germany and it crashed in bad weather.
References
- "Historian seeks info on Heinkel crash". www.fraserburghherald.co.uk.
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