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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor Mk 3TM |
| Owner/operator: | 3 (F) Wg RCAF |
| Registration: | 1532 |
| MSN: | CA-132 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Finale Ligure, province of Savona, Liguria, near Turin -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
| Marseilles,France |
Expeditor RCAF 1532: Damaged Cat.A in crash on 3 February 1954, while serving with No. 3 (F) Wing in Germany. Crashed near Turin, Italy.
Ditched after fuel exhaustion when off course. Occupants rescued from raft. Plane hauled ashore.
SOC and reduced to spares 05/03/1954
Crew: ???? Ok
Sources:
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200000565/#1532
Ottawa Citizen 4 February 1954, p6
La Stampa 3 February 1954, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Dec-2013 18:11 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2015 16:23 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Total occupants, Location, Source, ] |
| 22-Dec-2017 18:08 | TB | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:40 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, ] |
| 08-Jan-2018 09:35 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jul-2024 10:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 19-Oct-2025 12:46 | Cobar | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
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