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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild PT-26A-4 Cornell Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 23 EFTS RCAF |
| Registration: | FH923 |
| MSN: | ex.T42-15402 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | one and one half miles south-west of Simpson, Saskatchewan -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Davidson, SK |
Cornell FH923: Ex USAAF PT-26, serial no. 42-15402 from N°23 E.F.T.S. crashed. 12/05/1944
Crew members were engaged in instrument instructional dual flying when their the plane broke up in the air.
They were both killed when the aircraft crashed one and one half miles south-west of Simpson, Saskatchewan.
Crew:
P/O William Irwin MOORE (J/29302) pilot RCAF killed
LAC Donald Lloyd ROBINSON (R/256198) RCAF killed
Sources:
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200000434/#FH863
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 13 May 1944, p1/17 May 1944, p5
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2017 11:58 | TB | Added |
| 26-Dec-2017 12:42 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Dec-2017 16:57 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2024 21:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 26-Jun-2024 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2024 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Operator] |
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