Accident Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I AK791,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241311
 
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Date:Tuesday 10 March 1942
Time:11:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic P40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I
Owner/operator:118 Sqn RCAF
Registration: AK791
MSN: RE-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bedford Basin Dartmouth Nova Scotia -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RCAF Station Dartmouth
Destination airport:RCAF Station Dartmouth
Narrative:
Struck surface of water in zero visibility snow squall. Died instantly upon crash.
Pilot was R/61989 F/Sgt Glenn Herbert Isralson from 118 (F) Sqn RCAF.

Sources:

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=84004
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=ISRALSON
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2953514

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Sep-2020 23:06 tachel Added
12-Sep-2020 23:07 tachel Updated [Aircraft type]
13-Sep-2020 00:51 tachel Updated [Narrative]

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