ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177688
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| Date: | Thursday 6 May 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman TBM-3E Avenger |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) |
| Registration: | 85823 |
| MSN: | 2642 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | S of Yarmouth, NS -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda |
| RCAF Station Summerside, PEI (YSU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
VS 880 Squadron, Avenger 85823 (code 307), was transiting from Bermuda to RCAF Station Summerside, Prince Edward Island, with a flight of three other squadron aircraft. The flight entered cloud approximately 75 miles south of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and when they came out, Avenger 307 with a crew of four had dropped out of formation over the Atlantic, and was never heard from again. Navy planes and ships mustered for a search against seemingly hopeless odds, resulting in only a small piece of wreckage being found. Search abandoned 13 May 1954.
Sources:
https://www.samfoundation.ca/Archived%20Newsletters/2002-Fall.pdf Pg 30
Ottawa Journal, 7 May 1954 From White-Caps-to-Contrails, Pg 4
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 14 May 1954, p6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2015 05:39 | yukonjack | Added |
| 01-Jan-2018 17:28 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Damage] |
| 10-Jan-2018 13:23 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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