Date:	Saturday 18 April 1953
Time:
Type:	Lockheed Ventura
Owner/operator:	Spartan Air Services
Registration:	CF-FAW
MSN:	5487
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Gander, NL -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX)
Destination airport:	Ottawa International Airport, ON (YOW/CYOW)

Narrative:
The Lockheed Ventura went missing during a ferry flight from Gander to Ottawa. The aircraft had operated on a survey mission in Liberia and was returning back to Canada. It is presumed to have crashed at sea.

The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
Montreal Gazette 20 April 1953, p1

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