ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204587
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 November 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard IV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS RCAF |
| Registration: | 20453 |
| MSN: | CCF4-244 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kippen, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Centralia, ON |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
NA Harvard, RCAF 20453, 1 FTS, RCAF: Written off (destroyed) 17 November 1953 when crashed near Kippen, Ontario. Student pilot Flight Cadet Robert James Gibson (Service Number: 216303) on solo flight killed. (buried at Torontro (Resthaven) Memorial Garden, Ontario, Canada, Grave 238, Plot 2, Row D)
Sources:
1. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 20 November 1953, p15
2. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002116
3. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-training-casualties-rcafcf/
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_20450_20479_detailed.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2018 14:49 | TB | Added |
| 27-May-2021 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2021 09:21 | sičak | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
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