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Date: | Wednesday 15 October 1941 |
Time: | 13:45 |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 11 (BR) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | 777 |
MSN: | B14L-1781 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia -
Canada
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Dartmouth, NS |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hudson N7382 /RCAF 777: 11 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Destroyed in crash at Dartmouth at 13:45 on 15/10/1941. Aircraft swung on takeoff, collapsing undercarriage. Ensuing fire led to explosion. No fatalities in 4 member crew, but all severely burned.
Crew:
P/O F.H. Lashley (nav.) RCAF
LAC G.C. Merrill (WOp) RCAF
P/O P.W. Porter (nav.) RCAF
Sgt D.F. Quirt (pilot) RCAF
Sources:
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 17 October 1941, p14
CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jan-2018 21:02 |
TB |
Added |
05-Jun-2024 11:36 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |