ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204716
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| Date: | Sunday 9 March 1952 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 17029 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles from Lanoraie, QC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF St. Hubert QC |
| RCAF St. Hubert QC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flying Officer Denis LeBlanc of 401 (City of Westmount) Auxiliary Fighter Sqn, was flying one of two Vampires that had taken off from RCAF Station St. Hubert on a training mission. The two aircraft had reached 3000 feet and increased thrust to climb to 30,000 feet when the second pilot noticed smoke and flames coming from the jet pipe of LeBlanc’s Vampire.
As the Vampire did not have an ejection seat, and was notoriously difficult to bail out of, F/O LeBlanc jettisoned his external fuel tanks in preparation for a forced landing. With flames coming out of his aircraft, he touched down on a snow covered field at high speed near Lanoraie Québec. The aircraft bounced, went up on a wing, the pilot righted the plane and it hit again. The Vampire then swerved and exploded, blowing pilot Denis LeBlanc out of the cockpit. Luckily, he survived with only superficial injuries. Needless to say, the aircraft was a complete wright off.
Sources:
Montreal Gazette March 10, 1952, p1
Canadian Military Aircraft, Serials & Photographs, 1920-1968 (424)
Http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_Vampire_III.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2018 20:37 | TB | Added |
| 09-Jan-2020 15:00 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2021 07:00 | Cosmo | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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