ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334860
| Date: | Tuesday 19 July 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 11095 |
| MSN: | CV-439 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fraser River, Vancouver, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver RCAF Station, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
The aircraft crashed in the Fraser River on take off from RCAF Station Vancouver, BC.
An RCAF medical staffer was killed after the accident when struck by whirling rotors of a rescue helicopter.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 20 July 1955, p2
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