ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205310
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| Date: | Sunday 14 February 1943 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: | Supermarine Stranraer |
| Owner/operator: | 6 (BR) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | 935 |
| MSN: | CV.221 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Between Maude and Lina islands in the Skidegate Channel, Haida Gwaii, -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Alliford Bay Seaplane Base, Queen Charlotte Island, BC, Canada. Bay, BC |
| RCAF Alliford Bay Seaplane Base, Queen Charlotte Island, BC, Canada. |
The No.6 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron RCAF Stranraer '935' was on an armed training flight out of RCAF Station Alliford Bay when it crashed and sank in the Skidegate Channel, British Columbia, Canada. The 6 aircrew, P/O, D.S. MacLennan; P/O L.G. Thompson; P/O, F. W. McConkey; Sgt, J.O. Gilmour; Cpl J.P. Spraling and Officer C.T. Fields were killed, possibly due to the onboard depth charges exploding in the crash.
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Sources:
https://www.101nisquadron.org/cairn-projects/the-story-of-stranraer-935/
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/83-register-canada-cf-b
http://silverhawkauthor.com/canadian-warplanes-1-canadian-vickers-supermarine-stranraer_695.html
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_901_950_detailed.htm
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RCAF
http://atributetothercaf.blogspot.com/2009/05/in-their-memory-rcaf-supermarine.html
http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/Pinetreeline/rds/detail/rds99-35.html
http://mmpbooks.biz/assets/books_pdf/70.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliford_Bay,_British_Columbia
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2018 20:25 | TB | Added |
| 18-Oct-2020 14:29 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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