ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17585
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1956 |
| Time: | 22:37 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 4B |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 18367 |
| MSN: | C-100/4/267 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Orléans, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario (YOW) |
| RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario (YOW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On the night of 15 May 1956, two CF-100 interceptors of 445 (AW) Fighter Squadron were launched on an intercept mission from RCAF Uplands. After identifying an RCAF transport, the two aircraft prepared to return to base. CF-100 18367 flown by F/O W. Schmidt and F/O K. Thomas was still heavy with fuel so they indicated that they would fly around the local area to burn off some of that extra fuel. Nothing more was heard from the aircraft. It crashed out of control into the Villa Saint-Louis Covent at Orléans, Ontario, east of Ottawa at 22:37 local time. Both crewmembers died in the crash along with 13 on the ground including 11 Sisters of the Grey Nuns of the Cross, a Navy Chaplain and a cook. The official cause was never determined but it is suspected that there was a failure of the aircraft oxygen system that incapacitated the crew.
Sources:
FlugzeugClassic 05/2008
https://ottawa.ca/en/jet-crash-villa-st-louis
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMC97V_RCAF_CF_100_Crash_Site_Ottawa_Ontario_Canada
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ceremony-to-mark-deadly-1956-jet-crash-that-killed-11-nuns-in-orleans
http://www.orleansonline.ca/pages/N2006051501.htm
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80003124?William%20John%20Schmidt
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80003127?Kenneth%20Densmore%20Thomas
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2008 09:46 | Bleiente | Added |
| 25-Aug-2011 05:20 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 01:43 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator] |
| 18-Jan-2013 13:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2013 13:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2013 15:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Feb-2014 19:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2014 19:13 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Nov-2016 08:12 | Clunck | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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