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
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.

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

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]