Accident de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3 17009,
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Date:Wednesday 16 June 1948
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic VAMP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3
Owner/operator:Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration: 17009
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:0,5 mile east of Bowmanville, ON -   Canada
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RCAF Trenton, ON
Destination airport:RCAF Trenton, ON
Narrative:
Sqn Ldr S.Y. Broadbent of the Central Flying School, Trenton, was on a local training flight in Vampire 17009. The aircraft was witnessed nose diving into Lake Ontario near Bowmanville, ON. The pilot’s body was located on the shore of Lake Ontario almost five months later on 11-Oct-1948. The crash was thought to be oxygen related.

Sources:

Sixty Years, p214
Toronto Daily Star 16 Jun 1948, p 1.
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 17 June 1948, p17
The Winnipeg Evening Tribune 12 October 1948, p17
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155378110

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Jan-2018 19:23 TB Added
02-Feb-2018 19:23 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2020 21:07 stehlik49 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
18-Feb-2021 08:36 Cosmo Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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