ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147545
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1953 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Gateway Aviation |
| Registration: | CF-... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 15 kms from N of Whitecourt, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Grande Prairie, AB (17:28) |
| Edmonton, AB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was on a rescue flight because polio patient Lloyd Williams, 33, needed to be put on an iron lung. The pilot Gordon MacDonald and Dr. Donald Wilson were volunteered for the mission.
They plane about 15 kilometers north of Whitecourt, and the 3 occupant were killed.
Their families erected a memorial plaque and scattered ashes nearby.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 23 December 153, p1
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/alberta-apologizes-to-families-for-cleaning-up-plane-wreckage-at-memorial-site
Media:
Canada - The Alberta government is apologizing to the families of three people killed in a plane crash almost 65 years ago after cleaning up the wreckage without warning.https://t.co/q3FMWJwpMp pic.twitter.com/91CLz7VOvw
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 16 juillet 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2012 10:58 | Daniel Nole | Added |
| 09-Dec-2013 17:47 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2013 17:48 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jan-2018 14:49 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2018 19:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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