1939 Vickers Wellington Mk1A Bomber Aircraft. Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey. Editorial Photo

Call sign R for Robert. A partially restored Wellington bomber plane, which first flew in 1939. On 31st December 1940, on a training flight over Scotland from RAF Lossiemouth, the aircraft developed engine trouble in a blizzard and ditched in Loch Ness. It wasn't until 1976, when the Wellington was located by a team of American Loch Ness Monster hunters. It was eventually salvaged in September 1985 by the Loch Ness Wellington Association. Although underwater for almost forty-five years the navigation lights still worked when connected to a battery.