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Date: | Sunday 21 January 1945 |
Time: | 14:30 LT |
Type: | Avro Anson II |
Owner/operator: | 15 SFTS RCAF |
Registration: | 8627 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bow River ca 10 mi S of Bassano, AB -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Claresholm, AB |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Anson 8627 crashed on river ice at 14:30 hours, during a low level navigational exercise. The aircraft collided with a ferry cable suspended 25 feet above the ice on the Bow River. The RAF staff pilot, RAAF student pilot, an RAF Nav and an unauthorized RCAF passenger on board were killed in the crash.
The crew that perished in the crash of Anson 8627:
RAFVR P/O Kenneth L. Sutton (P)
RAAF LAC Ian R. Vidler (PP)
RCAF F/Sgt Leslie J. Tame (Pass)
Sources:
https://caspir.warplane.com/crashcards_pdf/0063/00000071.pdf https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12350/1469 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50038173/kenneth-leslie-sutton https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26274543/leslie-john-tame https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1716247 Claresholm Local News, January 25th 1945
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 22 January 1945, p7
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Apr-2012 14:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
29-Dec-2017 09:27 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Aug-2023 06:44 |
Cosmo |
Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |