ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163452
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| Date: | Thursday 20 July 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | C.L.E. Gordon |
| Registration: | CF-CEL |
| MSN: | 738 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Compton, Coaticook County, Estrie region, Quebec -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Compton, Coaticook County, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada |
DH.60M [Gipsy I] sold to Canadian Govt without C of A; arrived at DeHavilland Canada at Mount Dennis 8.3.29; fitted with Cirrus III engine. Taken on charge by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Camp Borden as 84 on 22.4.29.
Sold 10.10.35 to St Catherines Flying Club; registered as CF-CEL [C of R 1633] 21.10.35 to St Catherines Flying Club, St Catherines, Ontario. Registered [C of R 2229] 28.4.38 to H Halliday & L F Snell, St Catherines, Ontario. Re-registered 7.12.38 to H Halliday & E Watson, St Catherines, Ontario. C of R lapsed 28.4.39; renewed 29.5.39 and re-registered [C of R 2470] 30.6.39 to C L E Gordon, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Compton, Coaticook Regional County Municipality, in the Estrie region, Quebec, 20.7.39, when overturned during forced landing. The owner/pilot C.L.E. Gordon was performing a pleasure flight in the region of Compton, Quebec. En route, he was forced to attempt an emergency landing for unknown reason. The aircraft crashed in a field and came to rest upside down. The pilot was unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_51_100_detailed.html
2. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-bn-tc?highlight=WyJjZi1jZWwiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton,_Quebec
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-compton
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton,_Quebec
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2014 01:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Aug-2017 19:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2023 18:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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