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Date: | Saturday 6 April 1929 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
Owner/operator: | Camp Borden Training School RCAF |
Registration: | 82 |
MSN: | 736 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario -
Canada
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Camp Borden, ON |
Destination airport: | RCAF Camp Borden, ON |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:DH.60M [Gipsy I] sold to Canadian Govt without C of A; arrived at DH Canada at Mount Dennis 25.2.29; fitted with Cirrus III engine. Taken on charge by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Camp Borden as 82 5.3.29.
Written off (Category 'A' accident) when crashed at Camp Borden, Ontario 6.4.29 [pilot J. W. Abray]. The pilot, sole person on board, was completing a local training mission at Camp Borden Airfield. The airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot was injured.
Sources:
1.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_51_100_detailed.html 2.
https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 3.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-camp-borden-3 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Borden#History Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jan-2014 00:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
16-Aug-2020 21:07 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Dec-2023 09:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
08-Jun-2024 09:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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