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| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 1942 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: | Cessna T-50 Crane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 147 (BR) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | 8671 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lulu Island, 3 miles south of Brighouse, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Sea Island, BC |
Cessna Crane 8671 from 147 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, RCAF Sea Island, British Columbia. Crew were on a routine training flight and were all killed when Cessna Crane 8671 crashed and burned three and one half miles east of the aerodrome RCAF Sea Island. Twin-engined plane crashed at Lulu Island, Pacific coast after caught fire in mid-air.
Crew:
AC1 Edmund James DELANEY (R/160055) pass. RCAF
Sgt Harold Milton MINERS (R/107187) pilot RCAF
P/O Donald John STERLING (J/9487) pilot RCAF
Sources:
echerche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=kia&IdNumber=8732&q=DELANEY,%20EDMUND%20JAMES&ecopy=42127_83024005549_0084-00358
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 8 July 1942, p1
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2018 16:45 | TB | Added |
| 16-Jun-2024 11:35 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2024 10:41 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2024 11:46 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2024 19:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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