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Ontario

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I Near Jarvis: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1944 at 0110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
6086
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Jarvis - Jarvis
Location:
Jarvis AFB
Ontario
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While flying around the RCAF Jarvis, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field just after the crew dropped a flare at low height. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.
Crew (1st Bombing & Gunnery School):
F/S J. B. Watts 2.

Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke in Nelles Corners: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1942 at 1650 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke
Operator:
Registration:
9098
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Jarvis - Jarvis
Location:
Nelles Corners
Ontario
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed Jarvis Airfield on a G3 Beam relative speed exercise. En route, the twin engine airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed 1,5 km north of Nelles Corners. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Neil McCrank, pilot.
Sgt Frederick Joseph Hawke, pilot,
Lac Ronald William Gillingham Killick, pilot.
Probable cause:
This accident appears to have been due to stalling on an overbanked or over-ruddered turn and that the pilot was unable to flatten out in time to avoid striking the ground.
Final Report:
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