ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204553
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| Date: | Saturday 14 March 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | 442 (Caribou) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | 3062 |
| MSN: | 07-29 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fraser River, near Vancouver, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Sea Island, BC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard: Taken on charge by the RCAF 28 July 1941 as 3062. Served with No. 9 Service Flying Training School (9 SFTS). Converted post war to Mk. IIA armament trainer. With No. 442 "City of Vancouver" (Fighter) Squadron (Auxiliary) when it received Category A damage on 14 March 1953 at RCAF Station Sea Island, BC. Crashed into the Fraser River, near Vancouver, BC.
Pilot:
Flying Officer Donald Butcher (aged 21) killed, buried at KELOWNA CEMETERY, British Columbia, Canada. Grave Reference: Plot 46, Row 29
Aircraft Struck off charge 4 April 1953
Sources:
1. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 16 March 1953, p10.
2. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_3050_3099_detailed.htm
3. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80001948
4. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-casualties-rcafcf/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2018 18:25 | TB | Added |
| 24-Jun-2018 09:11 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 15-Apr-2021 23:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2021 08:45 | Sycak | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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