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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 594B Avian IVM |
| Owner/operator: | J Macejunas, Montreal |
| Registration: | CF-AIE |
| MSN: | 325 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cartierville, Montreal, Quebec -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
c/no. 325 [OC] Avro 594B Avian IVM: Registered in Canada as CF-AIE [C of R 1323] 21.7.33 to G.T. Steeves, Ottawa. Re-registered [C of R 1348] 3.11.33 to T.T. Ahearn, Ottawa. Re-registered [C of R 1425] 4.7.34 to Y. LeMoine, Ottawa. Between January and March 1935, used as a flying advertising billboard, painted in the livery of "Charlie's Old Jamaica Rum" (see link #2).
Re-registered [C of R 1641] 2.11.35 to M.F. Ogilvie-Forbes, Montreal. Sold 28.3.38 to H.B. Finestone, Montreal [but not re-registered]. Re-registered [C of R 2545] 11.10.39 to J Macejunas, Montreal.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed after engine cut on take-off at Cartierville, Montreal, Quebec, 4.11.39.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/avian.pdf
2. http://www.aviation-history.com/avro/avian-2.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartierville
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