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Date: | Monday 1 April 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Canadair Sabre VI (F-86) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | 23484 |
MSN: | 1274 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RCAF Zweibrücken -
Germany
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF 3 (F) Wing, Zweibrücken |
Destination airport: | RCAF 3 (F) Wing, Zweibrücken |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:F/O Ray A Cushing of 427 Sqn was practicing vertical dumbbells over base Zweibrucken when his Sabre struck the ground. The pilot sustained serious injury and died the next day, 2-Apr-1957.
Sources:
The Canadair Sabre; Larry Milberry (Pg 365)
The Ottawa Journal 3 April 1957, p10
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97204522/ray-arnold-cushing Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Mar-2018 07:25 |
TB |
Added |
19-Oct-2021 07:08 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |