TAYPORT - Unidentified aircraft in flight WW2

Here's one for the WW2 'plane spotters. If you zoom this image up and locate Morton Lochs just NW of the railway bridge carrying the road into Morton, you will see an aircraft.

maps.nls.uk/view/75220110#zoom=1&lat=4945&lon=3544&layers=BT

Map location here:

wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=5...te&lov=None&rov=None

Hi Petertheeater.
Looks very much like a B 24 Liberator to me. In bare metal finish too.

That is quite a spot. Good eye!

Hugh

With that long slender wing, I'd go for a Liberator.

I just noticed another aircraft slightly right of tthe track of the first, and ahead, over the golf links! Got me zooming in all over now looking for more!

That's interesting. I guess it all depends on exactly when the photo was taken? It says September 1944 but as I've learned with the RAF prepared images given to Ordance Survey they can range from 1943 up to 1952 in come cases.

If indeed it's wartime all civilian flying would of been grounded so the only thing which just about fit's that wing profile (large span, slender fuselage) is a Mk.I Hotspur. But there were only a handful and I have no idea why one would be flying that far north at that point in time.

That said, it looks to fit the profile of a lot of period sports sailplanes which begs the question - if it's wartime why is it flying or are the dates wrong?

Just for fun, i extended the course line of the twoship. It leads to Lossiemouth. Doing a bit of googling, i found that costal command operated Liberators. Any one know what aircraft types were at Lossie at the date of the photo?

I can see a pair of Liberators trailing each other, wondering if they are based Coastal Command aircraft just coming out of nearby Leuchars, I would think the Sept '44 date is correct.
I can't make out another aircraft, just an odd feature on the golf course area.
The odd thing for me is no apparent shadow from the Liberators, especially given the strong low shadows of the buildings, it looks like they are pretty low as well going from the building sizes.

One final fantasy before bed on this... The pic is dated sept 44, there are 2 x liberators in view. Op paravane was launched from lossie In it were several lancasters and i saw mention of only two liberators. Whats the chance these two are the ones in this picture?

206 Sqn were based at Leuchars with Liberators from July 1944 to June '45, the station is only a mile or so south of the image area.

Lossie wasn't a Coastal Command station, being an ASU, flying training, and supporting some operational bomber missions.

I love these verticals that capture aircraft activity below them, I have a nice set of Wrexham which shows Ansons in the circuit, but because of the photo run they are captured several times.

Yes, I too figured it for a Liberator but I only saw the one! But then, I was looking for something else. There are more pix on that site so if you want to sleuth for aircraft have a go.

OneEighthBit - if you look close you will see four engine nacelles.