Incident Avro 594B Avian IVM CF-CDT,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301512
 
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Date:Sunday 28 January 1940
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic AVIN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro 594B Avian IVM
Owner/operator:H.W.Fowler
Registration: CF-CDT
MSN: R3/AV/317
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:St. Thomas Airport, St Thomas, Ontario -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:St Thomas Airport, St. Thomas, Ontario (YQS/CYQS)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no R3/CN/317 [OC] Avro 594B Avian IVM (Assembled by Ottawa Car Manufacturing Co., after arrival from UK): To RCAF as '138' taken on charge 16.6.30. Struck off charge 31.1.33. Civilian registered as CF-CDT [C of R 1243] 2.2.33 to Dept of National Defence; operated by by London Airport, Lambeth, near London, Ontario. Re-registered 2.10.36 to London Flying Club. Re-registered [C of R 1973] 25.5.37 to H.W. Fowler, St Thomas, Ontario.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into trees on take off at St Thomas, Ontario 28.1.40.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/avian.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html
3. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/civil_prewar_2.html
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_101_150_detailed.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Municipal_Airport_(Ontario)

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