Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Bridge of Buchat: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N6320
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth
MSN:
242
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Lossiemouth on a training mission on behalf of the 15 Flying Training School. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane crashed in Bridge of Buchat, northeast of Strathdon. Both crewmen were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Raymond Wollatt Shrimpton, pilot,
AC1 Walter Critchley.