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Date: | Thursday 29 October 1953 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | North American Harvard |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RCAF Moose Jaw, SK -
Canada
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | 2 FTS Moose Jaw, SK |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:1. Two Harvard collided at 200ft on final approach and crashed. Instructor (30) killed and NATO trainee serious injured.
2. Harvard with French Nato student pilot at controls and instructor in rear seat left taxiway onto runway in path of Harvard which was landing. Night flying. Instructor killed along with pilot of the harvard which was landing.
Sources:
1.Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 30 October 1953, p1
2. Account by Witness to crash scene at time. RAF pilot who recounted the events 73 years later in 2023.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2018 09:08 |
TB |
Added |
07-Nov-2023 16:50 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |