Date:	Tuesday 4 December 1945
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:	Percy P. White
Registration:	G-CAVH
MSN:	690
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hidden Lake, 26 miles ENE of Yellowknife, NWT -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Yellowknife Airport, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit trees in snowstorm at Hidden Lake, 26 miles East-North-East of Yellowknife, North Western Territories 4.12.45.

Only pilot on board, no passenger. My grandfather was watching from the ground and witnessed the accident. My great uncle Percy White was the pilot. They were rescued by Wop May (Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, OBE, DFC, 1896-1952) in a Norseman after 2 days.

1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-hidden-lake
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p006.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1980.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife_Airport
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wop_May
9. http://www.wopmay.com/current/adventures/adventures.htm

DH.60X [Cirrus II] sold to DeHavilland Canada with C of A 1575 issued 16.8.28; delivered to DeHavilland Canada at Mount Dennis 6.9.28. Registered as G-CAVH [C of R 500] 10.9.28 to International Airways of Canada Ltd, Toronto. Sold (but not re-registered) 12.6.30 to Capt. F.G.M. Sparks, [Managing Director of Flying & Services Ltd], Montreal. Sold (but not re-registered) 7.7.30 to Flying & Services Ltd, Montreal. Fitted with Gipsy I engine.

Registered [C of R 942] 29.7.30 to W.N. Birks [of Henry Birks & Sons Ltd], Montreal. Registration cancelled as 'lapsed' 1932. Registration restored [C of R 1269] 2.5.33 to same owner. Re-registered [C of R 1279] 26.5.33 to G H Trenholme, Lachine, Quebec. Registration cancelled as 'lapsed' 22.1.39.

Re-registered [C of R 2780] 20.3.41 to G Dion, Windsor Mills, Quebec. Re-registered [C of R 2903] 23.12.41 to P E Lariviere, Montreal. Re-registered [C of R 3020] 13.7.43 to Percy P. White, St Laurent, Quebec.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Feb-2008 06:09	JINX	Added
19-Jan-2014 22:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Aug-2017 20:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
23-Sep-2023 16:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Narrative]]
27-Sep-2023 15:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Narrative]]]
20-Mar-2024 21:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]