Date:	Sunday 22 February 1942
Time:	16:30
Type:	Cessna Crane I (T-50)
Owner/operator:	3 SFTS RCAF
Registration:	8129
MSN:	1622
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 mi east of McCall Field, Calgary Airport, Alberta -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Calgary Military Airport
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 22 February 1942 cold weather in Calgary area, 10 degrees below zero, grounded the aircraft of 3 Service Flying Training School RCAF, based at Calgary Military Airport, southwest of the town, until late afternoon. At 1630 hrs the Crane I 8129 of this school dove into the ground three miles east of McCall Field, home of 37 SFTS RAF in northeast Calgary (now Calgary International Airport). All three men aboard, the RCAF flying instructor, Sgt Harold Ernest Pitt, and the two RAAF student pilots, LAC Oliver James Nichols and LAC Frederick George Pike, were instantly killed. Cause was unknown, but believed to be carbon-monoxide poisoning from cabin heater.

War Diary of 3 Service Flying Training School RCAF, 22 February 1942 (available online at https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12344/1602?r=0&s=3)
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RCAF%208129
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_8100_8149_detailed.htm
Ottawa Citizen, 25 February 1942, page 19 (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19420225&printsec=frontpage&hl=fr)
The Calgary Herald, 25 February 1942, page 12 (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Hx6RvaqUy9IC&dat=19420225&printsec=frontpage&hl=fr)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_air_force_stations
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.100000&lon=-114.016667&z=12&m=w

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jan-2018 20:21	TB	Added
25-Jan-2018 21:48	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
23-Feb-2022 07:47	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]