ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203737
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| Date: | Sunday 14 July 1957 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Buckingham Gliding Club Inc |
| Registration: | CF-CJS |
| MSN: | DHC.998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Champboisé, 2 miles North East of Buckingham, Quebec -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Buckingham, Quebec |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth DHC.998 (Gipsy Major #85631); Delivered 4.10.41 & taken on charge by RCAF as 5823 2.10.41. Fitted with Gipsy Major #89424. Shipped to No. 8 Repair Depot at Winnipeg for erection. To Mid-West Aircraft in Winnipeg for overhaul, 3.5.43 to 5.7.43. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. Pending disposal from 22.5.44. To No. 2 Air Command on 1.12.44, still pending disposal. Stored by No. 8 Repair Depot, where it was reported with 1209:40 total time on airframe, 714:50 since last overhaul. Transferred from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Struck off charge 28.7.45 to War Assets Corporation for disposal, and sold 10.11.45 to Winnipeg Flying Club; registration application issued 1.12.45 but not taken up.
Sold 1.12.45 & registered as CF-CJS (C of R 3363/C of A 869) 19.1.46 to W.C. Ross, Val d’Or, Quebec. Sold 5.46 to A. Racicot, Montreal; not re-registered. Sold 23.5.46 & re-registered (C of R 3836) 23.5.46 to P Fournier, Edmundston, New Brunswick. C of A lapsed 1.9.48 & aircraft stored. Sold in 1952 to Champlain Air Services, Windsor Mills, Quebec; not re-registered.
Sold 15.3.52 to R.M. de Bliquey, RCAF Ottawa; not re-registered. Sold 9.7.52 & re-registered (C of R 11259) 19.6.52 to Archibald S. Devlin, Chelsea, Quebec. Sold 26.12.52 to Bradley Air Services, Carp, Ontario; not re-registered. Sold 6.2.53 & re-registered (C of R 11741) 18.3.53 to D.H. Frost, Fort Coulonge, Quebec; CofA (finally) renewed 18.3.53. Sold 4.4.53 & re-registered (C of R 11843) 27.4.53 to Buckingham Gliding Club Inc, Buckingham, Quebec.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed in vertical dive into the bush near Champboisé, 2 miles North East of Buckingham, Quebec 14.7.57; 2 on board were killed. Registration CF-CJS cancelled 25.9.57.
The reported crash location is near Champboisé, two miles north of Buckingham, a town located in the Outaouais region in the western portion of the province of Quebec, Canada at approximate cocordiantes 45° 37' 25.8" north, 75° 26' 19.9" west.
Sources:
1. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 15 July 1957, p.1
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_5800_5849.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham,_Quebec
5. https://mapcarta.com/Champboise_1546623
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2018 14:08 | TB | Added |
| 22-Sep-2021 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Sep-2021 18:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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