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Date: | Friday 4 January 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 17001 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | ca 13 miles east of RCAF Chatham, NB -
Canada
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Stn Chatham, NB |
Destination airport: | RCAF Stn Chatham, NB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Pilot F/L George W. Rawlings of 1 (F) OTU was killed in Vampire 170001 when he was unable to recover from a spin during aerobatics. The aircraft and pilot were found three days later by a farmer, 13 miles (21km) east of Chatham, NB.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 5 January 1952, p10/.../9 January 1952, p2
The Canadair Sabre; Larry Milberry (Pg 77)
Canadian Military Aircraft, Serials & Photographs, 1920-1968 (424)
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_Vampire_III.html https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106761497 http://rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-training-casualties-rcafcf/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Jan-2018 10:22 |
TB |
Added |
09-Jan-2020 12:47 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
21-Mar-2021 16:34 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |