ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175454
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| Date: | Monday 19 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated Liberator GR Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 11 (BR) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | 3715 |
| MSN: | F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | missing Atlantic Ocean near Sable Island NS -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (YAW) |
| RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (YAW) |
Took off from RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on an anti-submarine sweep. The aircraft failed to return. Some effects and wreckage were washed up on Sable Island, but the aircraft and crew were never found.
Members of the RCAF crew were:
F/L Geoffrey Apps, Pilot,
F/L Deryck Hogan, 2nd Pilot,
F/L E. C. Ireland, Navigator,
F/O D. Murphy, Wireless Op/Air Gunner,
WO1 H. L. Teasdale, Wireless Op/Air Gunner,
F/S W. R. Grant, Wireless Op/Air Gunner,
F/S D. A. MacLellan, Flight Engineer.
Sources:
Canada’s Wings 2, The Liberator and Fortress; Carl Vincent. Page 79
Joe Baugher: USAAF 44-10637; RCAF 3715
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_3700_3749_detailed.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=9122&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
RCAF DND Archives Canada
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 1944 | 44-41121 | USAAF | 0 | Dübendorf |  |
w/o |
| 4 October 1944 | 42-52485 | USAAF | 0 | Dübendorf | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2015 15:42 | Yukonjack | Added |
| 20-Apr-2015 06:33 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 10-Nov-2021 08:34 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2021 18:22 | tachel | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2021 03:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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