ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198489
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 March 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Radium Hot Springs Flying Service Ltd |
| Registration: | CF-AGK |
| MSN: | 1343 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Windermere, south of Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia |
C/no. 1343 DH.60M [Gipsy I #575] to DeHavilland Aircraft of Canada, Mount Dennis, without C of A; arrived 25.6.29. Erected 12.11.29 and flown 4.10.29 (sic - probably dates reversed). Dispatched 5.10.29 by rail and registered as CF-AGK [C of R 794] 30.11.29 to Radium Hot Springs Flying Service Ltd, Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia [operated by Mr John Blakley, and also his son, Jock Blakley]. Registration lapsed 20.5.33; later renewed. Registration lapsed again 4.11.35; later renewed again.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when wrecked while forced landing with engine failure near Windermere, south of Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia 13.3.40. Wreckage then stored at Radium Hot Springs Grocery Store in British Columbia. Sold in 1971 to E.D. "Skeeter" Carlson, Oxford Meadows, Spokane, Washington, USA and reported still extant in 2015
Windermere British Columbia, is a community and designated place located south of Invermere on Windermere Lake in the Regional District of East Kootenay.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-windermere
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-.htmll
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-a?highlight=WyJjZi1hZ2siXQ==
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dhmothsurvey2015.pdf
6. https://basininstitute.org/search/details.html?id=1511#.WZblziiGPIU
7. https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/feedback-letters-to-the-editor/old-plane-in-photo-identified/
8. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Mar40.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windermere,_British_Columbia
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2017 13:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Jan-2018 19:29 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2023 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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