Saskatchewan

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FJ272

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Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke

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Yorkton - Yorkton

MSN:

2473

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1942

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The crew departed Yorkton on a navigation training exercise. In flight, the pilot executed aerobatics manoeuvre at an excessive speed in a gusty wind at a low altitude, which caused undue stress on main plane and resulting in a loss of fabric on top of the starboard wing. This resulted in a loss of control and the airplane made a slow roll to the left and continued to roll until it fell into a dive which continued to the ground. The airplane crashed in a field located 800 metres south of Peebles and was destroyed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lac James Orlo Turnbull, pilot,
Lac Allan Robert Campbell, pilot.

Probable cause:

The accident was due to a structural failure of the leading edge of the starboard main plane following a dive and aerobatics carried out by the crew under adverse weather conditions.

Final Report:

Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke near Quill Lake: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1943 at 1055 LT

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10000

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Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke

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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.

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:

Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke in Quill Lake: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1942 at 1000 LT

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9924

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The crew departed RCAF Station Dafoe on a scheduled gunnery exercise. For unknown reasons, the airplane dove into the ground at high speed, exploded on impact and disintegrated. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack William Phillips, pilot,
Lac Reginald Ivor Morgan, pilot,
Lac Frederick Walter Selfe, pilot.

Probable cause:

The cause of the loss of control could not be determined.

Final Report:

Crash of a Cessna T-50 Crane near Warman: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1942 at 1330 LT

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7719

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Saskatoon - Saskatoon

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1162

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1941

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Captain / Total flying hours:

337

Captain / Total hours on type:

210.00

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The crew departed Saskatoon Airport on an instrument dual training flight. En route, the twin engine airplane entered a dive almost vertically and crashed into the ground some 2 km east of Warman, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Archibald Currie, flight instructor,
Lac Gordon Gray, pilot,
Lac Ernest Albert Seeds, pilot.

Probable cause:

Pilot's error when changing over from single engine flying to dual engine flying without making the necessary correction in his tabs.

Final Report:

Crash of a Cessna T-50 Crane near Wakaw: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1942 at 1745 LT

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Registration:

7944

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Saskatoon - Saskatoon

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1437

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1942

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Captain / Total flying hours:

560

Captain / Total hours on type:

501.00

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The crew departed Saskatoon Airport on a dual instruction exercise. While flying at an unknown altitude in clouds (thunderstorm activity), the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent, got inverted and shedding parts. Pieces of the aircraft continued to fall off for over two miles before the Crane crashed 11 km northwest of Wakaw. The horizontal stabilizers and left wing tip breaking away first. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Joseph Arsene Adelard Langevin, pilot,
P/O William Russell Campbell McDonald, pilot.

Probable cause:

Turbulent conditions inside the cumulonimbus clouds caused the airplane to break up in the air.

Final Report:

Crash of a Cessna T-50 Crane IA in Warman

Date & Time: Jul 8, 1942 at 2015 LT

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FJ214

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Saskatoon - Saskatoon

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2415

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1942

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Captain / Total flying hours:

332

Captain / Total hours on type:

192.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

144

Copilot / Total hours on type:

119

Circumstances:

The crew departed Saskatoon Airport on a local dual instruction exercise. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. In severe thunderstorm activity, both occupants bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed in an open field located in Warman, some 18 km northeast of Saskatoon Airport. Both pilots were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O R. W. Small, pilot,
Lac E. F. G. Burrowes, pilot.

Probable cause:

Aircraft abandoned by the crew in severe thunderstorm activity.

Final Report:

Crash of a Cessna T-50 Crane near Hague: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1942 at 1900 LT

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8016

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Saskatoon - Saskatoon

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1509

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Captain / Total flying hours:

195

Captain / Total hours on type:

118.00

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The pilot departed Saskatoon on a solo training sortie. The airplane was seen by witnesses flying down the south Saskatchewan River at low altitude. After rounding a curve in the river, the airplane struck a ferry cable, causing a wing to be sheared off. The airplane crashed and was destroyed. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
Lac Alan Scott Light, pilot.

Probable cause:

Deliberate unauthorized low flying on part of the pilot.

Final Report:

Crash of a Cessna T-50 Crane near Rhein: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 11, 1942 at 1600 LT

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8087

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Yorkton - Yorkton

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1580

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1942

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Captain / Total flying hours:

1024

Captain / Total hours on type:

342.00

Circumstances:

The crew departed Yorkton Airport on a local training mission. En route, the airplane went into a spin from which recovery was not made. It crashed in an open field located near Rhein, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lac Benjamin Milo Andrus, pilot,
F/Sgt James Stanley Martin, pilot,
Lac James Gordon McCowan, pilot.

Probable cause:

The exact cause is obscure, but evidence indicated that a fabric on the port wing failed under stress and the pilot was unable to control the airplane. The pilot was performing evolution that appeared to be aerobatics.

Final Report:

Crash of a Cessna Crane I near Saskatoon

Date & Time: Apr 20, 1942 at 0300 LT

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7759

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