Accident Beechcraft Expeditor 3NM (C-45) 1580, Tuesday 13 October 1953
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Date:Tuesday 13 October 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft Expeditor 3NM (C-45)
Owner/operator:1 ANS RCAF
Registration: 1580
MSN: CA-266
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:7 miles north-west of Kiosk, Ontario -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RCAF Rockcliffe/Ottawa, ON
Destination airport:RCAF North Bay, ON
Narrative:
Expeditor RCAF 1580 from 1 Air Navigation School RCAF Summerside PEI damage Cat.A when crashed near RCAF North Bay, Ontario on 13 October 1953.
Went missing after pilot reported ran into bad weather while on ferry flight. Found crashed in a swamp.
Crew:
F/O John Arthur Ernest Holten (pilot) RCAF killed
ACW 1st Class Joan Mildred Moody (pass.) RCAF killed.

Sources:

https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200000565/#1580
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 9 October 1953, p1/10 October 1953, p1+6/13 October 1953, p6 .

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jan-2018 21:44 TB Added
08-Jan-2018 09:31 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ]
06-Jul-2024 22:24 Nepa Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]

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