ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205249
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| Date: | Saturday 25 October 1941 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth I |
| Owner/operator: | 14 EFTS RCAF |
| Registration: | 4173 |
| MSN: | DHC.503 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile east of Newton, Manitoba -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Portage la Prairie, MB |
de Havilland Tiger Moth I (DH.82) MSN DHC.503 (Gipsy Major #86993) Delivered 18.9.40 and taken on charge by the RCAF as 4173 on 25.9.40. To 14 EFTS Portage La Prairie.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed after mid-air collision with Tiger Moth 4124, 1 mile east of Newton, MB, 25.10.41; pilot killed.
Crew of Tiger Moth 4173:
LAC (R/116449) James Richmond Blackwood (Pilot u/t) RCAF - killed in service 25.10.41
Tiger Moth 4173 was Struck off charge 6.12.41. Leading Aircraftman (Pilot) Blackwood is buried in the Basswood Cemetery, Basswood, Manitoba.
Sources:
1. The Leader-Post 27 October 1941, p4
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pCan4.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_4150_4199_detailed.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2850989/JAMES%20RICHMOND%20BLACKWOOD/
6. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/fallen-aviators/rcaf-casualties-second-world-war/bishop-to-boothe/
7. https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1941.pdf
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?24378-1941-Unaccounted-Airmen-Database-Reconciliation/page12&p=142837#post142837
9. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2850989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2018 20:30 | TB | Added |
| 10-Aug-2021 21:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 10-Aug-2021 22:04 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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