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Date: | Tuesday 3 June 1941 |
Time: | 11:40 |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 11 (BR) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | 782 |
MSN: | B14L-1785 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sable Island, Nova Scotia -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Dartmouth, NS |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hudson N7386 /RCAF 782. Opered by No. 11 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Dartmouth, NS.
Crashed on Sable Island at 11:40 on 03/06/1941. Struck radio tower in poor visibility, while searching for missing Bolingbroke RCAF 7009.
Crew:
F/Lt Frederick Judson BELL (M.O.) RCAF KIA
Cpl Douglas Earl CRAIG (WOp) RCAF KIA
AC 1st Class Gordon Allen (WOp) DILWORTH RCAF KIA
F/O Ivan Lloyd George GILLIS (nav.) RCAF KIA
F/Lt Gerald Barclay SNOW (pilot) RCAF KIA 9007.
Sources:
Canadian Miliary Aircraft Serial Numbers
The Calgary Herald 4 June 1941, p2
CWGC
Revision history:
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27-Jan-2018 16:44 |
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05-Jun-2024 12:06 |
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08-Jun-2024 17:06 |
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