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| Date: | Friday 2 June 1944 |
| Time: | 16:07 |
| Type: |  Fairchild M-62A Cornell Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FIS RCAF |
| Registration: | FH761 |
| MSN: | T42-4110 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moira river, 4 miles south of Madoc, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Trenton, ON |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilots indulged in unauthorised low flying. The aircraft hit high tension power lines and crashed into the Moira river killing both occupants.
Crew:
P/O (J/43312) Aubrey Roy Whitmore (1.pilot) RCAF killed
P/O (J/43461) Dwain Earl Lybbert (2.pilot) RCAF killed
Sources:
Personnel file of P/O Whitmore from Ancestry.ca WW2 records
Personnel file of P/O Lybbert from Ancestry.ca WW2 records
Crash report from 1 FIS RCAF WW2 historical microfilms https://heritage.canadiana.ca/
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2850064
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2686799
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200000434/#FH761
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2023 16:46 | tachel | Added |
| 29-Jun-2024 08:47 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Jun-2024 08:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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