Date:	Thursday 3 September 1942
Time:
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	2 FIS RAF
Registration:	N6438
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Meluncart, Glen Dye, Strachan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Dalcross, Inverness
Destination airport:	RAF Dalcross, (EGPE)

Narrative:
Oxford N6438: Took off for training flight. 03/09/1942
Struck a hill in low cloud, at Meluncart, Glen Dye, Strachan, Aberdeenshire, at 1,725 feet amsl. The aircraft had taken off from RAF Dalcross (now Inverness Airport, EGPE)
One airman died in this incident, while the second escaped with injuries.
Crew:
P/O (122.958) John KEDDIE (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (J/????) J.F. WHITE (co-pilot) RCAF - escaped with injuries

1. http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/oxford_meluncart.htm
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1942/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-i-near-strachan-1-killed/]
3. http://www.wtdwhd.co.uk/Clachnaben-1.html
4. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.war-graves.co.uk/Cemeteries/Scotland/Angus/Montrose_Sleepyhillock_Cemetery/660104.php]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Dec-2011 05:12	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Aug-2017 14:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Aug-2017 14:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
11-Mar-2019 07:17	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
20-Oct-2022 11:24	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]