ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189204
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| Date: | Friday 31 December 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 3CT |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 18115 |
| MSN: | C-100/3/15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of RCAF Station North Bay, ON -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario |
| RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The CF-100 of 3 AW(F) Operational Training Unit was on a local training flight with two WWII veterans, both of whom had earned DFCs. During the training mission, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The weather at North Bay at the time was marginal. Although weather at Toronto was clear, the pilot elected to land at North Bay. During the approach, the aircraft crashed approximately 3.7 miles (6 Km) northeast of the airfield, near Widdifield Station Road, and disintegrated, instantly killing S/L Arthur MacMillan and F/L Harold Mitchell.
Sources:
The Avro CF-100; Larry Milberry; Page 36
Night Fighters, Stories from the Flyers of Canada’s All-Weather Fighter Force
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/article-template-standard.page?doc=second-world-war-and-cold-war-pilot-commemorated-in-north-bay/i0vijojm
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002301?Arthur%20MacMillan
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002376?Harold%20Wallace%20Mitchell
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2016 07:09 | CF | Added |
| 21-Dec-2017 16:21 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
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