ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347576
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Wednesday 27 August 1941 |
Time: | 10:50 |
Type: | Avro Anson I |
Owner/operator: | 5 SFTS RCAF |
Registration: | 6154 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1.5 miles S of RCAF Brantford ON -
Canada
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RCAF Brantford, ON |
Destination airport: | RCAF Brantford, ON |
Narrative:Anson 6154 (ex-RAF W1577), of No. 5 SFTS (Service Flying Training School), RCAF Brantford, was on a scheduled training exercise. As student pilot LAC Alexander F. Switzer began his final approach to the runway, he collided at 400 feet with a second Anson, 6190. Both pilots were lining up for parallel 05 runways and did not see each other. The two aircraft crashed to the ground killing the two pilots.
Sources:
https://caspir.warplane.com/crashcards_pdf/0001/00000135.pdf https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12346/678 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130997724/alexander-frederick-switzer Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2023 10:19 |
Cosmo |
Added |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation