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Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1955 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 666 Sqn/1967 Flt RAF |
Registration: | VW986 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Camster, 5 miles north of Lybster, Caithness, Highland -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster AOP.6 VW986: Delivered 7/8/48. Known RAF career was with 666 Squadron, and 1967 Flight at RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/2/55: Flew into snowstorm during supply drop near Camster, 5 miles (8 km) north of Lybster in Caithness, Highland, Scotland, and aircraft stalled and crashed into a snowbank. Pilot - Captain O.M.G.Murphy - survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.168 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.98)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.117
4.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4192 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._666_Squadron_RAF#Post-war 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Cairns_of_Camster Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Feb-2012 13:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2012 08:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
06-May-2020 23:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |