Date:	Friday 15 August 1941
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:	C E Roper
Registration:	CF-CAP
MSN:	766
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Clear Lake near Torrance, Ontario -   Canada
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Clear Lake near Torrance, Ontario, Canada
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
DH.60M Moth CF-CAP: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit shoal on landing at Clear Lake near Torrance, Ontario 15.8.41 and wrecked. Engine removed and fitted to a snowmobile; it was found and removed from by Ed Zalesky, Vancouver, BC in 1978.

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-bn-tc?highlight=WyJjZi1jYXAiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskoka_Lakes

c/no. 766 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #35] to DeHavilland Canada without C of A; arrived Mount Dennis 31.3.29. Registered as CF-CAP [C of R 598] 13.5.29 to Border Cities Aero Club, Walkerville, Ontario. Registration cancelled as 'lapsed'; renewed 17.2.32. Registration cancelled as 'lapsed' 16.2.33; renewed 27.12.35. Re-registered [C of R 2428/A310] 13.5.39 to A.F Elmhirst, Keene, Ontario. Re-registered [C of R 2613] 13.3.40 to A.B Johnston, Toronto. Re-registered [C of R 2759] 27.1.41 to C.E Roper, Windermere, Ontario.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Mar-2024 00:55	Dr. John Smith	Added