ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207651
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 August 1953 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  North American Harvard NA-66 Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
| Registration: | 2552 |
| MSN: | 66-2285 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dirt Hills, near Claybank, Saskatchewan -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
RCAF 2552: North American NA-66 Harvard Mk.II. First date: taken on charge 4 November 1940. Served with No. 9 Service Flying Training School during the war, probably at Summerside, PEI. Served post war with No. 402 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Stevenson Field, Manitoba (today this is Winnipeg International Airport).
Written off (destroyed) 5 August 1953: Missing in Dirt Hills near Claybank, Saskatchewan. Found crashed two days later. Pilot Flight Cadet Ernest Alfred Brown (aged 19) killed.
Category A damage on 7 August 1953 at RCAF Station Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Formally Struck Off Charge on 31 August 1953 at RCAF Moose Jaw, Saskatwchewan
Sources:
1. Ottawa Citizen 8 August 1953, p10
2. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-training-casualties-rcafcf/
3. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_2550_2599_detailed.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claybank,_Saskatchewan
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2018 08:22 | TB | Added |
| 17-May-2021 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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