| Date: | Saturday 19 January 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | FL636 |
| MSN: | 12063 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Ptolemy, near Blairmore, AB -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Comox Airport, BC (YQQ/CYQQ) |
| Winnipeg International Airport, MB (YWG/CYWG) |
An RCAF Douglas C-47 took off from Comox, BC on a flight to Winnipeg, MB. It last reported over Cranbrook, BC at 04:28. Weather was reported poor over the last range of mountains. The aircraft struck Mount Ptolemy 9,229 ft (2813 m).
Sources:
Lethbridge Herald, AB 1946
Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North / Ruud Leeuw
Location
Images:
photo (c) Donald Bannerman; Mount Ptolemy, near Blairmore, AB; 08 September 2018
photo (c) Donald Bannerman; Mount Ptolemy, near Blairmore, AB; 08 September 2018
photo (c) Donald Bannerman; Mount Ptolemy, near Blairmore, AB; 08 September 2018
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