ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205004
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 December 1951 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  North American NA-81 Harvard |
| Owner/operator: | K Flt RCAF |
| Registration: | 3825 |
| MSN: | 81-4092 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mountainside near Calgary, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Trenton, Ontario |
| RCAF Claresholm, Alberta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North Amercan Harvard 3825: Taken on strength 8 May 1941. With No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB; No. 13 SFTS at St. Hubert, PQ; and No. 2 Flying Instructors School. ATR-11 radio installed post war. With No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton, Alberta. Also with K Flight at RCAF Station Trenton, dates unknown.
Crashed into mountainside near Calgary, Alberta 12 December 1951. Pilot Flying Officcer Cyril Wilken (aged 27) was found injured but alive after 32 hours. However, he died in hoispital on December 19, 1951 (a week later) of injuries sustained. From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Flying Officer
Service Number: 24948
Age: 27
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: No. 6 Repair Depot, RCAF
Citation(s): General War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Additional Information:-
During the Second World War he enlisted in the RCAF on 5 July 1943.
Son of Alfred and Ruth Wilken; husband of Helga Emme (née Rueckwald); father of Judith Wilken; brother of Roger, Della and Audrey.
Flying Officer Cyril Douglas Wilken is commemorated on Page 18 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
Harvard 3825 officially Struck Off Charge 4 January 1952 as Category A damaged at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. (Almost one year later).
Sources:
1. The Windsor Daily Star 14 December 1951, p1
2, https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002673
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156176205/cyril-douglas-wilken
4. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-casualties-air-miscellaneous-units/
5. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_3800_3849_detailed.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2018 14:40 | TB | Added |
| 10-Mar-2021 02:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2021 10:12 | TB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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