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Date: | Saturday 7 March 1942 |
Time: | 12:40 LT |
Type: | Cessna Crane I (T-50) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 7657 |
MSN: | 1100 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Vanscoy, SK -
Canada
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Vanscoy, SK/N°4 SFTS |
Destination airport: | Saskatoon, SK |
Narrative:Crashed near Vanscoy relief aerodrome during ferry flight. Fabric came off right wing at 100ft. Destroyed by post-crash fire. Flt Sgt H.C. Campbell, LAC Hubert Vernon Ford and passenger LAC B.D. Cook (20) killed. LAC Elmer Peter Friesen survived dangerously injured. Also survived LAC Scott Freebairn
Sources:
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 10 March 1942, p1
The Leader-Post 11 March 1942, p5
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jan-2018 21:14 |
TB |
Added |
27-Aug-2019 19:24 |
S.Black |
Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |