ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204904
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| Date: | Monday 7 April 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82C Menasco Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 1 WTS RCAF |
| Registration: | 4824 |
| MSN: | DHC.1014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Caughnawaga and Chateauguay, near Montreal, Quebec. -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Winnipeg, Manitoba (CYWG) |
Tiger Moth MSN DHC.1014 (Menasco engine #4020) Delivered 26.2.41 and taken on charge by RCAF as 4824 23.1.41. To 1 WTS (Wireless Training School), Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sergeant John Michael HARRIS (R/63612) killed on 7.4.41, piloting his Menasco Moth aircraft #4824 while engaged in a two-hour wireless exercise, his aircraft crashed into a bush between Caughnawaga and suburban Chateauguay, near Montreal. His flying companion, LAC R.L.W. Orchard, a New Zealander, escaped with bruises and was shaken up. As "Monaso Moth" in contemporary newspaper report.
The reported crash location is now known as The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, a First Nations reserve of the Mohawks of Kahnawáke on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, across from Montreal. Recorded by French Canadians in 1719 as a Jesuit mission, it has also been known as Seigneury Sault du St. Louis, and Caughnawaga.
Sources:
1. The Windsor Daily Star 8 April 1941, p14
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pCan9.html
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?24378-1941-Unaccounted-Airmen-Database-Reconciliation/page8&highlight=HARRIS&p=142690#post142690
4. https://www.sarniahistoricalsociety.com/warmemorialproject/harris-john-michael-r63612/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2265294/JOHN%20MICHAEL%20HARRIS/
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahnawake
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Winnipeg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2018 08:41 | TB | Added |
| 27-Jul-2021 16:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Jul-2021 16:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn] |
| 02-Aug-2021 09:56 | THC | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2021 17:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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