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| Date: | Wednesday 28 January 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 985 |
| MSN: | 32683/15935 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Strait of Georgia, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver RCAF Station, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
| Puntzi Mountain Airport, BC (CYPU) |
The Dakota III was reported overdue on 28 January 1953 at 14:20 hours when it failed to arrive in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada after a flight from Vancouver.
A wheel washed ashore at Lasqueti Island ten days later and identified as coming from the Dakota.
Sources:
The Vancouver Sun - Jan 28, 1953
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 951 to 1000 Detailed List
The Calgary Herald 7 February 1953, p10
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 29 January 1953, p2
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