Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke near Quill Lake: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 10, 1943 at 1055 LT
Operator:
Registration:
10000
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dafoe - Dafoe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Dafoe AFB on a gunnery exercise. In unknown circumstances, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed at high speed in an open field located 6,5 km southeast of Quill Lake, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Terry John Sugrue, pilot,
Sgt Raymond Charles Chappell, copilot,
Cpl James Alexander McNeilly, air gunner,
Lac William Raymond Moisley, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Terry John Sugrue, pilot,
Sgt Raymond Charles Chappell, copilot,
Cpl James Alexander McNeilly, air gunner,
Lac William Raymond Moisley, air gunner.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the loss of control could not be determined. However, it is possible that pilots were attempting to exchange seats and before changes was completed, the aircraft rolled and neither of them were again able to get back to a position whence the controls could be adequately operated.
Final Report:
