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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1939 |
| Time: | 12:55 Hrs. |
| Type: | Supermarine Stranraer |
| Owner/operator: | 5 (GR) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | 911 |
| MSN: | CV-188 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | In the Cabot Strait between Newfoundland and Cape Bretton Island, Nova -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| RCAF Dartmouth Naval Air Station ,Nova scotia, BC, Canada. |
No.5 (GR) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Supermarine Stranraer '911', out of RCAF Dartmouth Naval Air Station, Shearwater, Nova Scotia, was on the second patrol of the day, having refuelled at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, when finding themselves lost and unaware of their precise position it was decided to head back to base at Dartmouth but the aircraft ran out of fuel, so pilot Sqn. Ldr. R.C.Mair was forced to carry an emergency landing at 12.55 Hrs. in the Cabot Strait between Newfoundland and Cape Bretton Island, Nova Scotia. The aircraft drifted for over 24 hours before the 9 aircrew were finally rescued by a Swedish tanker on the 18th September. Due to the high seas recovery of the aircraft was impossible and it later sank.
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https://legionmagazine.com/en/2006/03/eastern-air-command/
https://clarencesimonsen745590793.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/rcaf-supermarine-vickers-armstrong-stranraer_new.pdf
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RCAF
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_901_950_detailed.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCAF_Eastern_Air_Command
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Shearwater
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/12-wing/history.page
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/08131.php
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=calow&searchfield=lastname&type=all
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=cv188&qand=911&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2020 13:54 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 19-Aug-2023 13:16 | tachel | Updated |
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