Biggings

(Da Biggins)
Shetland

Biggings (or Da Biggins) are a group of crofts overlooking Hellabrik's Wick at the southern end of the island of Foula in Shetland. The island's cemetery is located here. A Whitley bomber returning to RAF Wick from an anti-submarine patrol crash-landed near here on 2nd April 1943. The crew of six survived and stayed with locals until they could be picked up.


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