ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306175
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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1939 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 ANS RCAF |
| Registration: | 1304 |
| MSN: | ex.P2173 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sharbot Lake, Ontario, 4 mi NW of Snow Road, 80 mi ne of Trenton. -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Trenton |
Battle Young pilots both perished in crash during navigational exercise at 11:00 hrs.14/10/1939
Crew:
P/O (C/862) George James OLSTEAD (RCAF) killed
P/O (C/897) Horace Kenneth CORBETT (RCAF) killed
Sources:
Personnel files of the 2 crew members including loss report.
RCAF historial microfilms - Loss report
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=P2173&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://walker.skycabinet.com/RCAF_1300_1349_detailed.html
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2851152
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2953275
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