ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154026
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| Date: | Friday 5 June 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
| Owner/operator: | 147 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XB863 |
| MSN: | 601 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles North East of Saint-Felix-de-Valois, Quebec -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Caterville, Quebec |
| RCAF St Hubert, Quebec | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RCAF 19701: Diverted to RAF before RCAF serial marked, became XB863 with RAF. First flight on 21 May 1953. Assigned to No. 147 Squadron at RAF Chivenor, Devon, UK, the RAF ferry unit, but crashed before leaving Canada. All radio aids were lost while in cloud while on delivery from Canadair at Caterville to the RAF. It crashed on 5/6/1953 six miles North East of St. Felix-De-Valois, Quebec, Canada, after becoming lost in cloud.
Sources:
1. The Montreal Gazette 6 June 1953, page 1
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2001)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1953.htm
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19701_19750_detailed.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2013 16:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Apr-2013 14:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2013 19:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2013 19:44 | TB | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 23-Mar-2018 16:23 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2018 16:33 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2018 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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