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| Date: | Monday 5 November 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman TBM-3 Avenger |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) |
| Registration: | 53161 |
| MSN: | 3223 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brantford, ON -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Downsview, Ontario (YZD) |
| Brantford, Ontario (YFD) |
On weekends, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Squadron VC920, equipped with Avengers, practised with a "Batsman" (LSO) at Brantford Airport, Ontario, carrying out simulated carrier landings. They were training for operations on the aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent. On 5 Nov 1956, Avenger 53161, crashed at Brantford, practicing carrier landings. The pilot survived but the aircraft was written off.
Sources:
SeaWaves November: RCN New Magazine Today in History
Griffin: Canadian Military Aircraft, Serials & Photographs 1920-1968
Joe Baugher: USN 53161, RCN 53161
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2015 19:10 | Yukonjack | Added |
| 06-Jan-2018 18:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
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