Incident Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 5 18604,
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Date:Tuesday 13 May 1958
Time:16:21
Type:Silhouette image of generic cf10 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk 5
Owner/operator:Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration: 18604
MSN: C-100/5/504
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:nr Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain, QC -   Canada
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RCAF Uplands, ON
Destination airport:RCAF Uplands, ON
Narrative:
Two CF-100s of 410 Sqn were on an interception training exercise 65 miles north east of Uplands. During the exercise, the pilot of 18604, F/O D. Sansum, rolled the aircraft, and dropped the nose as it entered cloud. The pilot, became disoriented and could not regain control of the aircraft. He and navigator F/O J.W.H. Forrest successfully ejected near the village of Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain, QC.

Sources:

Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 1958, p7
The Observair, CAHS Ottawa Chapter Newsletter, October 1922

Revision history:

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30-Oct-2022 06:28 Cosmo Added

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