Date & Time:
Feb 14, 1943 at 1640 LT
Type of aircraft:
Canadian Vickers Stranraer
Operator:
Registration:
935
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Alliford Bay - Alliford Bay
MSN:
CV-221
YOM:
1941
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
1
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew departed Alliford Bay on a local training flight. Bad landings between Lina and Maude Island resulted in several bounces. Each bounce becoming more severe until the airplane nosed under and some or all of the depth charges exploded. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Donald Stuart MacLennan, pilot,
P/O Leonard Gregory Thompson, copilot,
P/O Frederick William McConkey, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Orr Gilmour,
Cpl John Paul Sperling,
Passenger:
F/Lt Charles William Thomas Field.
Crew:
P/O Donald Stuart MacLennan, pilot,
P/O Leonard Gregory Thompson, copilot,
P/O Frederick William McConkey, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Orr Gilmour,
Cpl John Paul Sperling,
Passenger:
F/Lt Charles William Thomas Field.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident could not be determined. A possible misuse of controls in trying to correct for bounce may be the cause.
Final Report:
935.pdf127.76 KB
