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Date: | Monday 5 November 1956 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman TBM-3 Avenger |
Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) |
Registration: | 53161 |
MSN: | 3223 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Brantford, ON -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Downsview, Ontario (YZD) |
Destination airport: | Brantford, Ontario (YFD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On weekends, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve Squadron VC920, equipped with Avengers, practised with a "Batsman" (LSO) at Brantford Airport, Ontario, carrying out simulated carrier landings. They were training for operations on the aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent. On 5 Nov 1956, Avenger 53161, crashed at Brantford, practicing carrier landings. The pilot survived but the aircraft was written off.
Sources:
SeaWaves November: RCN New Magazine Today in History
Griffin: Canadian Military Aircraft, Serials & Photographs 1920-1968
Joe Baugher: USN 53161, RCN 53161
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jun-2015 19:10 |
Yukonjack |
Added |
06-Jan-2018 18:50 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |