ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191403
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| Date: | Thursday 20 June 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 4B |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 18391 |
| MSN: | C-100/4/291 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Montbronn -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF 3 Fighter Wing, Zweibrücken, Germany |
| RCAF 3 Fighter Wing, Zweibrücken, Germany | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
CF-100 18391 of 440 AW (Fighter) Squadron, was being flown by the Squadron Commanding Officer, W/C W. McLeish, and was on a formation approach to Zweibrücken. The aircraft encountered a thunderstorm and crashed near the French village of Montbronn, 15 miles (24 Km) from the runway. W/C McLeish and the navigator, F/O R. Donald, died in the crash.
Sources:
The Avro CF-100; Larry Milberry, (Page 143)
440 Squadron History; The Hangar Bookshelf, (Page 62)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/4510384?Wallace%20Angus%20Grayton%20McLeish
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/4504686?Robert%20Burns%20Donald
Images:
Photo from Geoportail
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2016 19:22 | yukonjack | Added |
| 20-Aug-2022 06:39 | Mathieu | Updated [Category, Photo] |
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