ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28311
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| Date: | Friday 5 December 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson V |
| Owner/operator: | Queen Charlotte Airlines |
| Registration: | CF-FGM |
| MSN: | MDF-248 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Halfmoon Bay, BC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver, BC |
| Comox, BC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro, MK V, Anson crash, CF-FGM, December 5th, 1952, at Vancouver, 1 fatality: Pilot- Captain Francis "Bruce" Wilson, age 41 (40 in death record) born Dec 4, 1911 in Greenshields, Alberta
His body was found December 9th, 1952 in the wreckage of the aircraft, which had crashed into a mountainside, at 1800 ft level, near Halfmoon Bay, 40 miles NW of Vancouver. He was the only person aboard the twin engine Anson. It was being used as a freighter and disappeared on a Friday on a flight to Comox, from Vancouver.
A RCAF helicopter sighted the wreckage on Monday, December 8th 1952: the cockpit was the only part still intact.
Sources:
https://www.gent.name/Aircraft/queencharlotteairlines.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Apr-2012 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2015 04:56 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2018 12:43 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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