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| Date: | Tuesday 19 January 1960 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 18682 |
| MSN: | C-100/5/582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strait of Georgia, Comox, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Station Comox, British Columbia |
| RCAF Station Comox British Columbia |
CF-100 18682 of 409 Squadron was carrying out a night time go-around at RCAF Station Comox, but instead of climbing away, the aircraft descended into the waters of the Straits of Georgia. The aircraft contacted the water in a flat attitude and exploded in flames over the water. The bodies of pilot F/O B. Shaw and navigator F/O G. Davis were never found.
Sources:
http://www.canaero.ca/subpages/Article%20content/westcoastinterceptorpage1.html
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002795?Brian%20Shaw
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002959?Gordon%20Murray%20Davis
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2016 19:22 | yukonjack | Added |
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