Buckie, Banffshire. At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 13th of January, 1959,a message was received from the coast- guard that an aircraft had crashed three quarters of a mile north of Scaur Nose Head. At 2.5 the life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow was launched in a slight swell.

There was a moderate northerly wind and a flood tide. Several aircraft also joined in the search and a heli- copter dropped markers. The life- boat picked up pieces of wreckage and parts of the body of the pilot and clothing. She reached her station at 4.45. Rewards to the crew, £10 10s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 12s..