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| Date: | Friday 18 May 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft Expeditor Mk 3N (C-45) |
| Owner/operator: | 2 ANS RCAF |
| Registration: | 1491 |
| MSN: | CA-66 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3,3 km south of RCAF Winnipeg /Stevenson Field, Manitoba -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Winnipeg/Stevenson Field, MB |
| RCAF Winnipeg | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two RCAF Beechcraft Expeditors (1483 and 1491) collided and crashed. 18/05/1956
An eyewitness reported to ASN: "I was in the copilot’s seat in the third C-45 in trail for landing on the afternoon of May 18, 1956. The pilot and I were shocked when another C-45 cut in front of us and hit the C-45 immediately ahead. The two aircraft spiralled down onto the Tuxedo Golf Course, about 2 miles off the end of the main north/south runway.
There were 5 in each aircraft - one pilot; one instructor and three cadets. In one aircraft there were two British students on course with us." They perished:
P/O Brian Cox, RCAF KIFA
F/O Francis Philip Coyle (pilot) RCAF KIFA
F/O John Terrance King, RCAF KIFA
F/O Anthony George Mulholland, RCAF KIFA
Flt Cdt Joseph Jacques Richard Ovide Plourde, RCAF KIFA
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 19 May 1956, p1
Scramble
Eyewitness
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2015 18:27 | TB | Added |
| 14-Feb-2017 18:15 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 26-Dec-2017 20:10 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2018 10:52 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 17-Sep-2021 19:09 | harro | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 17-Sep-2021 19:12 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jul-2024 10:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jul-2024 10:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 07-Jul-2024 10:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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