ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205096
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| Date: | Thursday 12 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Northrop A-17A Nomad Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 SFTS RCAF |
| Registration: | RCAF 3503 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | swamp Lake Muskoka, nr Everett 5 miles SE of RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Camp Borden, ON |
Nomad 3503: Took off for training flight /formation flying exercise. 12/12/1940
Disappeared in a snowstorm. Ice formed on the wings aircraft. Nomad 3503 crashed into Lake Muskoka, near Everett, Ontario. LAC Hopton was to graduate the following day. Two other planes from 27 which searching went also missing. The wreckage of which was found in a swamp five miles southeast of Camp Borden on 15/12/1940
Crew:
LAC (R/57934) Clayton Peder HOPTON (pilot u/t) RCAF - killed
Sources:
Ottawa Citizen 14 December 1940, p16
The Windsor Daily 16 December 1940, p7
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2018 16:34 | TB | Added |
| 22-Nov-2023 10:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Nov-2023 10:47 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Operator] |
| 22-Nov-2023 10:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
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