ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163308
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Date: | Monday 10 June 1929 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) |
Registration: | G-CYYN |
MSN: | 493 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | St. Lawrence River, near Montreal, Quebec -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | St. Lawrence River, near Montreal, Quebec |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no. 493: DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II #293]. Delivered to Canadian Ministry of Defence with C of A 1352 issued 4.4.28. Taken on charge by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as G-CYYN 7.7.28.
Crashed 10.6.29 in the St. Lawrence River, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. According to a contemporary newspaper report (The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld.) Thursday 27 June 1929 Page 47
"Seaplane Crashes.
MONTREAL, June 20.
CAPTAIN J. C. JERVIS, the elder son of Lord St. Vincent, and a former aide-de-camp to Viscount Willingdon.
Governor-General of Canada, and Pilot C. S. Caldwell, were instantly killed when a seaplane crashed into
the St. Lawrence River".
Struck off charge 16.8.29.
Sources:
1. The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld.) Thursday 27 June 1929 Page 47:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22863388 2.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/cab_detail_xa_zz.html 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html 4.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_River#Geography Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Jan-2014 19:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
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31-Aug-2017 14:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source] |
22-Jan-2018 19:41 |
TB |
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20-Nov-2022 18:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
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30-Oct-2023 15:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
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26-Mar-2024 06:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
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