Date:	Sunday 19 September 1948
Time:	afternoon
Type:	de Havilland DH.100 Vampire F Mk 3
Owner/operator:	Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration:	17080
MSN:	EE 42398
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Kendal, ON -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	USAF Niagara Falls, NY
Destination airport:	RCAF Trenton, ON

Narrative:
Vampire 17080, flown by F/L Les Banner of the Central Flying School (CFS), was one of two RCAF Vampires that had taken part in USAF day celebrations at Niagara Falls, New York. The two aircraft departed Niagara Falls for the one hundred mile return flight to Trenton across Lake Ontario. The two aircraft separated in heavy cloud and witnesses reported a jet flying northeast of Peterborough, some 35 miles off course. The Vampire crashed into a hill near Kendal ON, about 45 miles east of Trenton, killing F/L Les Banner. The other pilot, F/L EG Ireland, arrived safely back at home base.

The Canadian Press; September 20, 1948
The Ottawa Journal 20 September 1948, p3
Ottawa Citizen 20 September 1948, p10
The Canadair Sabre; Larry Milberry p242
Sixty Years, The RCAF and CF Air Command, Larry Milberry p214

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Feb-2018 18:21	TB	Added
08-Jan-2020 21:08	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
26-Feb-2021 08:13	Cosmo	Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]