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| Date: | Friday 17 May 1940 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Noorduyn Norseman Mk IVW |
| Owner/operator: | 1 ANS RCAF |
| Registration: | 678 |
| MSN: | 20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Grafton, 15 miles north of Cobourg, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Trenton, ON |
Norseman 678: With No. 1 Air Navigation School at RCAF Trenton, Ontario when it crashed near Grafton, Ontario and was destroyed on night of 16/17 May 1940. Was on a night navigation exercise (Night Cross Country) .
Crew:
F/O (C/1747) George Edgar AULD (nav.) RCAF : killed
F/Lt (C/194) Harvey Bell JASPER (pilot) RCAF : killed
AC1 (R/51908) John Robert KEAN (WOp) RCAF: killed
F/O (C/1728) John Easton PIDCOCK (nav.) RCAF : killed
One bailed out but did not survive.
Sources:
http://www.norsemanhistory.ca/Aircraft.htm
Ottawa Citizen 17 May 1940, p1/18 May 1940, p28
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2017 15:18 | TB | Added |
| 26-Jul-2017 20:33 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2018 13:43 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 07:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 06-Jun-2024 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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