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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Camp Borden Training School RCAF |
| Registration: | 71 |
| MSN: | 720 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Camp Borden, ON |
| RCAF Camp Borden (CBYN) |
DH.60M [Gipsy I] sold to Canadian Govt without C of A; arrived at DH Canada at Mount Dennis 13.2.29. Taken on charge by Royal Canadian Air Force at Camp Borden as '71' on 7.3.29.
Badly damaged at Camp Borden, Ontario 4.6.36 when it flew into Fairchild 51 RCAF 626; although assessed as Cat. B damage, aircraft was not repaired. Both pilots were injured and the DH Moth was deemed as damaged beyond repair. Struck off charge and reduced to components 27.11.36. (The Fairchild 51 RCAF 626 was repaired and continued to serve until struck off charge 8.2.44)
Sources:
1. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_51_100_detailed.html
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-camp-borden-4
CWGC
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Borden#Aerodrome
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2014 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Aug-2017 12:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-Aug-2020 21:10 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Oct-2023 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 07-Jun-2024 06:27 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jun-2024 06:27 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator, ] |
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