Date:	Tuesday 1 April 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	8 AFTS RAF
Registration:	DF467
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Moray Firth, 2 miles NW of RAF Dalcross, Inverness, Highland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Dalcross, Inverness (EGPE)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford Mk.1 DF467/"11", 8 AFTS (Advanced Flying Training School), RAF: Delivered to 8 AFTS at RAF Dalcross 24.4.1951. Written off 1.4.1952: Shortly after takeoff from RAF Dalcross, while in initial climb, the pilot (flying solo) lost control of the aircraft and crashed into the Moray Firth, two miles north west of the airfield. The aircraft hit the water at a steep angle, sank, and the pilot was killed. He was engaged in a local training sortie.

Crew of Oxford DF467:
Pilot Officer James Chalmers Henderson (pilot) RAF - killed

Cause: Most probable causes of the crash were either the loss of control during IFR ("Instument Fight Reference" - flying on instruments) or mishandling of the controls after a stall

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.125 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 234
3. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Brtian, 2001 p.138)
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-t1-raf-dalcross-1-killed

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
17-Mar-2014 22:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
23-Jul-2017 19:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
28-Jul-2017 18:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
19-Nov-2018 22:01	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
02-Mar-2021 17:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2021 20:19	werich	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
04-Mar-2021 14:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
15-Mar-2021 21:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]