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| Date: | Thursday 24 November 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 11073 |
| MSN: | CV-395 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Johnstone Strait, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tofino SPB, BC (YTP) |
The Canso's hull broke upon landing in Johnstone Strait, BC following a flight from Tofino.
Sources:
1955 - RCAF Canso Crash Al Gallant
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