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Date: | Monday 25 May 1936 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
Owner/operator: | 11 (AC) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | RCAF 156 |
MSN: | DHC.112 |
Year of manufacture: | 1930 |
Total airframe hrs: | 401 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vancouver, British Columbia -
Canada
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Vancouver, BC |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed on take-off from field after it struck a wire near Vancouver, BC; pilot Squadron Leader R K J Bell-Irving uninjured.
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 2.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pCan1.html 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver 4.
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200000494/
History of this aircraft
c/no DHC.112 DH.60M [Gipsy I]: taken on charge by the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) as '156' 26.3.30. To 11 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by 11.34.
Struck off charge 18.11.36.
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Feb-2024 18:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
24-Feb-2024 18:15 |
ASN |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
24-Feb-2024 22:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |