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Date: | Tuesday 19 November 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
Owner/operator: | Wheeler Airlines |
Registration: | CF-JZK |
MSN: | 1071 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Frobisher Bay, Buffin Island -
Canada
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed on the Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar line in the Arctic. Pilot and passenger killed. Second passenger survived injured. Pilot R W Lees.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 21 November 1957, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jan-2018 17:59 |
TB |
Added |
09-Dec-2021 06:58 |
Anon. |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
09-Dec-2021 06:58 |
harro |
Updated [Registration] |