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| Date: | Tuesday 4 December 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Percy P. White |
| Registration: | G-CAVH |
| MSN: | 690 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hidden Lake, 26 miles ENE of Yellowknife, NWT -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Yellowknife Airport, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit trees in snowstorm at Hidden Lake, 26 miles East-North-East of Yellowknife, North Western Territories 4.12.45.
Only pilot on board, no passenger. My grandfather was watching from the ground and witnessed the accident. My great uncle Percy White was the pilot. They were rescued by Wop May (Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, OBE, DFC, 1896-1952) in a Norseman after 2 days.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-hidden-lake
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p006.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1980.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife_Airport
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wop_May
9. http://www.wopmay.com/current/adventures/adventures.htm
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2008 06:09 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Jan-2014 22:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2017 20:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2023 16:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 27-Sep-2023 15:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 20-Mar-2024 21:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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