ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205222
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| Date: | Monday 29 December 1941 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 5 EFTS RCAF |
| Registration: | 4090 |
| MSN: | DHC.420 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Cayley, 5 miles SE of High River Airfield, High River, AB -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cayley, High River, Alberta, Canada |
de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth MSN DHC.420 (Gipsy Major #82980): Delivered 23.7.40 and taken on charge by the RCAF as 4090 on 30.7.40. To 5 EFTS High River, Alberta
Written off (destroyed) when crashed during practice forced landing near High River Airport, Cayley, 5 miles South East of High River, Alberta, Canada, 29.12.41; pilot, LAC Kenneth Keith McLAUGHLIN (R/110966) RCAF : killed. Struck off charge 9.4.43.
The reported crash location was probably within one mile of Cayley Alberta, which is six miles due south of High River Airport, where it is presumed that Tiger Moth 4090 was heading to.
Sources:
1. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 30 December 1941, p5
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pCan3.html
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_4050_4099_detailed.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?24378-1941-Unaccounted-Airmen-Database-Reconciliation&p=142796#post142796
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2851507/KENNETH%20KEITH%20McLAUGHLIN/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_River_Airport
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayley,_Alberta
9. https://canadianfallen.ca/72304/MCLAUGHLIN
10. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2851507#inline_content_modal_2
11. https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/can-winnipeg-old-kildonan-presbyterian-cemetery.html
12. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/fallen-aviators/rcaf-casualties-second-world-war/mckie-to-middlemiss/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2018 16:49 | TB | Added |
| 01-Aug-2021 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 05-Aug-2021 09:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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