On 23 December, the Old Pretender, who had been exiled in France, landed at Peterhead, his cause largely lost.
The Buchan Observer is a local weekly newspaper based in Peterhead, which serves Peterhead and surrounding Buchan.
He was born at Inverugie Castle near Peterhead, the second son of William, 9th Earl Marischal of Scotland.
The squadron was reformed at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, on 6 April 1942, as a fighter squadron initially equipped with Spitfire Mk VAs, becoming operational in early May.
It controlled No. 78 Wing RAF, and stations at Auldbar, Chathill (airship station), Dundee, East Fortune, Kirkwall/Orkney, Longside (airship station), Luce Bay, RAF Machrihanish, Peterhead & Strathberg.