OK , found some info about the incident in "Fly Navy: The View From the Cockpit 1945-2000" by Charles Manning.(pages 17 & 18)
"The main runway at RNAS Lossiemouth was being extended , their Fireflies and Seafires had to be moved to RNAS Eglinton on the shores of Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland , and Anthorn Ferry Flight got the task."
NB. Weather - Low cloud and drizzle with thick layer of cloud up to a significant height.
"It wasn't long before I heard on the radio that the Fireflies , who had taken off first , were in a spot of bother . Still in cloud , they had flown past Eglinton who gave them an erroneous radio bearing which took them even further away."
"A few minutes later , among all the Firefly chatter , a Seafire called running short of fuel and contemplating a forced landing somewhere in Donegal , over beyond Eglinton in the Irish Free State . Shortly afterwards , he said he was down OK in a potato field , unhurt".
Unfortunately there are no further details about Flight Lieutenant Whittaker.
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