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| Date: | Saturday 18 October 1947 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  North American B-25 Mitchell F10 |
| Owner/operator: | 413 (P) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | 894 |
| MSN: | 87-8042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Record Mountain 13 miles north-west of Rossland, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Calgary, AB |
| RCAF Penticton, BC |
413 (Photographic) Squadron (Ad vigilamus undis) RCAF Rockcliffe.
B-25 Mitchell RCAF894 was missing on flight from Calgary, Alberta to Penticton, British Columbia. The aircraft encountered poor weather with icing conditions, fog and low visibility and crashed in a mountainous area near Nelson, BC with no survivors
Crew:
LAC WH Molyneux (RCAF), F/L JL MacLeod DFC (RCAF), Flying Officer AG Robertson (RCAF), Flying Officer B Cook DFM (RCAF), Flying Officer GY Lebel DFC (RCAF), LAC BES Bowman (RCAF), Cpl JN Sabourin (RCAF) and two Canadian civilians, husband and wife Fred and Beulah Knight were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
A massive search was undertaken, covering 30,000 square miles, which failed to find the aircraft or survivors after a search lasting four weeks
On October 7, 1952, Mr Wilf Gibbard caught sunlight glinting off a piece of aluminum high on Record Mountain, near Rossland, BC while out hunting and Mitchell 894 was finally found
Disappeared on photo flight without a trace. Last radio contact 11:44 hrs over Crescent Valley near Nelson, BC. Wreckage discovered 13 miles northwest of Rossland, BC, OCT 1952.
Note: photo survey version F-10 (891-894)
Sources:
The Calgary Herald 20 October 1947, p1+2...30 October 1947, p15 ff
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 24 August 1951, p2
https://infotel.ca/newsitem/the-last-flight-of-penticton-bound-rcaf-mitchell-894/it81427
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200000171/#894
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2015 18:40 | TB | Added |
| 27-Dec-2017 09:17 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2017 09:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Jan-2018 08:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2018 13:08 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Mar-2021 15:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Mar-2021 15:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Apr-2021 18:38 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2024 11:12 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2024 18:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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