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Date: | Wednesday 19 January 1944 |
Time: | 00:10 |
Type: | Avro Anson III |
Owner/operator: | 5 SFTS RCAF |
Registration: | 6715 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles E of Fisherville, ON -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RCAF Brantford, ON |
Destination airport: | RCAF Brantford, ON |
Narrative:Anson 6715 (ex-RAF W2393) of 5 SFTS (Service Flying Training School) was on a night navigation exercise from RCAF Brantford. While enroute, the crew became lost in heavy fog, ran out of fuel and bailed out safely near Fisherville, ON. The aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
Brantford Expositor, January 20, 1944, p5
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