ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163415
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 September 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rocky Point Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | CF-CFR |
| MSN: | 716 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Russell's Landing, near Dorset, Haliburton County, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Russell's Landing, near Dorset, Haliburton County, Ontario | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 716: DH.60M [Gipsy I] sold to Canadian Govt without C of A; arrived at DH Canada at Mount Dennis 4.2.29. Taken on charge by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Camp Borden, Ontario as 67 on 10.2.29. To 118 [B] (Auxiliary) Squadron, RCAF, at St Hubert, Montreal, Quebec 13.5.36. Returned to Camp Borden, Ontario 10.8.38. To DH Canada for overhaul 22.4.39.
Delivered 15.7.39 and civil registered as CF-CFR [C of R 2493] 2.8.39 (on loan?) to Hamilton Aero Club, Hamilton, Ontario. Returned to RCAF at 1 TC Toronto as instructional airframe A123 14.12.40 and traded in to Leavens Bros Air Services for CF-AVF [c/no 717].
Registered as CF-CFR [C of R 2769] 13.2.41 to Leavens Bros Air Services, Toronto. Sold 11.2.43 (but not registered) to S E Misener, Welland, Ontario; flown to Welland and stored. Sold 6.1.46 and registered [C of R 3667] 11.6.46 to E L Baxter, Toronto; overhauled by Noury Aircraft at Stoney Creek. Registered [C of R 3873] 15.7.46 to Rocky Point Airways Ltd, Dorset, Ontario.
Badly damaged in forced landing at Russell’s Landing, near Dorset, Ontario 18.9.46; The single engine aircraft was performing a cargo flight to Dorset with a pilot and one passenger on board. En-route, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Russell's Landing for unknown reasons. While both occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Dorset is a small community located on the boundary between the Algonquin Highlands Township in Haliburton County, Ontario and Lake of Bays Municipality in Muskoka District, Canada
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html
2. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_51_100_detailed.html
3. http://www.canadianwings.com/Squadrons/squadronDetail.php?No.-118-Squadron-31
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-bn-tc?highlight=WyJjZi1jZnIiXQ==
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-russell-landing
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset,_Ontario
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2014 00:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Jan-2014 00:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Aug-2017 21:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2023 17:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 26-Sep-2023 01:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Source, Narrative]]] |
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