ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 115123
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Date: | Wednesday 5 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper L-4B Grasshopper |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 43-1221 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Churchill, MB -
Canada
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Churchill, MB |
Destination airport: | Eskimo Point |
Narrative:Crashed into Hudson Bay after taking-off from Churchill for a supply flight for epidemic-stricken Eskimos and Indians. Wreckage found crashed into submerged reef 9 July.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp The Montreal Gazette 13 July 1944, p6
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Feb-2018 19:53 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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