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Date: | Thursday 24 April 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman TBM-3E Avenger |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) |
Registration: | 53168 |
MSN: | 3230 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dartmouth, NS -
Canada
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMCS Shearwater Naval Airfield, Nova Scotia |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:RCN Avenger 53168 of VS 880 Squadron, stalled and crashed on takeoff from HMCS Shearwater, Nova Scotia. The pilot died in the crash.
Sources:
http://muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1952_2.pdf Crowsnest July, 1952, Page 20, HMCS Cornwallis
Griffin: Canadian Military Aircraft, Serials & Photographs 1920-1968
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jun-2015 19:14 |
Yukonjack |
Added |
06-Jan-2018 18:52 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |