ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48679
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| Date: | Friday 10 November 1944 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 5 OTU RCAF |
| Registration: | KH108 |
| MSN: | 1264 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Crashed near Flora Lake, B.C. -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Abbotsford (YXX) |
| RCAF Abbotsford (YXX) |
On November 9, 1944, Liberator KH108 AT of 5 OTU, took off from RCAF Abbotsford, British Columbia, with a crew of ten Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) members. The operational training mission included a night navigation exercise over Vancouver Island. At approximately 03:30 in the early morning of November 10, 1944, the aircraft crashed into a heavily forested mountain, approximately two miles north of Flora Lake. An intensive search was unable to locate the aircraft and the crew were listed as missing. The accident site was eventually found one year later confirming that the ten crew died in the crash. Due to the remoteness of the area, the crew were buried on site.
5 OTU Detachment, RCAF Abbotsford, provided operational training for RAF and RCAF crews destined for B-24 Bomber Squadrons in S.E. Asia and Burma.
Sources:
Air Enthusiast
Pacific Wrecks.com
Facebook RCAF Abbotsford
Joe Baugher: USAAF 44-10673
http://drsuzistravels.blogspot.ca/2012/07/3-days-dual-sport-camping-trout-b24.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2008 08:33 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Oct-2009 23:19 | Michael | Updated |
| 31-Jan-2012 00:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2015 16:43 | yukonjack | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 11:41 | yukonjack | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2019 10:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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