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Date: | Sunday 25 January 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American Mustang IV |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 9579 |
MSN: | 122-40920 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Vancouver Airport, BC -
Canada
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | 443 Sqn |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed shortly after take-off due to engine failure which "ripped off the propeller and most of the undercarriage". Pilot F/O Charles Dodwell slightly injured.
Note: seems this was a CatB damage, therefore identity also 9578 (122-40916) very likely.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 26 January 1953, p7
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jan-2018 18:23 |
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18-Jan-2018 21:14 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jan-2018 14:51 |
TB |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative] |