Date:	Friday 15 October 1954
Time:	overnight
Type:	de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:	R Hayashi
Registration:	CF-OAF
MSN:	DHC.122
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Toronto Island Airport, Toronto, Ontario -   Canada
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	-
Departure airport:	-
Destination airport:	-

Narrative:
Badly damaged by Hurricane Hazel while parked at Toronto Island Airport, Toronto, Ontario 15-18.10.54.

NOTE: some published sources give the date of the demise of DH.60M Moth CF-OAF as "14.12.54" [sic], but this is using the date that the registration was cancelled. The hurricane that destroyed CF-OAF took place between 15 and 18.12.54. In Toronto, it became the city’s worst natural disaster. Winds reached 124 km/h, and over 200 millimeters (about 7.9 inches) of rain fell within just 24 hours

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-bn-tc?highlight=WyJjZi1vYWYiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pCan1.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bishop_Toronto_City_Airport#1950s%E2%80%931960s
6. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hurricane-hazel
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Hazel_in_Canada

c/no. DHC.122 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I] registered as CF-OAF [C of R 873] 14.5.30 to Ontario Provincial Air Service, Sault Sainte Marie. Fitted with Gipsy II engine in 5.34. Re-registered 31.7.44 to W N Millar, Toronto, Ontario. Re-registered 4.9.47 to Mercury Air Services Ltd, Oshawa, Ontario. Re-registered 25.9.48 to Mrs M E Millar, Toronto. Re-registered 8.1.54 to R Hayashi, Toronto.
Not repaired, registration CF-OAF cancelled as 'lapsed' 14.12.54.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2024 18:08	Dr. John Smith	Added
24-Feb-2024 18:08	ASN	Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]