Accident Cessna Crane I (T-50) 7968, Sunday 18 January 1942
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Date:Sunday 18 January 1942
Time:10:45
Type:Cessna Crane I (T-50)
Owner/operator:10 SFTS RCAF
Registration: 7968
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3 miles north-east of Sifton, 20 miles north of RCAF Dauphin, Manitoba -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RCAF Dauphin, MB
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Cessna Crane 7968: No. 10 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Dauphin, Manitoba when it received Category A damage at 10:45 hrs on 18 January 1942, 3 miles north-east of Sifton, Manitoba (20 miles north of Dauphin aerodrome) in a collision with Crane 7875. 19/01/1942
Crane 7868 crashed and burned. This aircraft scrapped by No. 10 SFTS. Crane 7875 landed safely.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Henry CAULKIN (J/3198) pilot RCAF killed
LAC Douglas G. IRVINE (R/106928) pilot u/t RCAF killed

Sources:

https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200000445/#7968
The Leader-Post 20 January 1942, p4
CWGC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2018 15:07 TB Added
08-Jun-2024 18:12 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
13-Jun-2024 17:14 Nepa Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Operator]
13-Jun-2024 17:23 Nepa Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Operator]

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