Incident de Havilland DH.60M Moth CF-ADO,
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Date:Thursday 31 May 1945
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:G B Flinders
Registration: CF-ADO
MSN: 800
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Fort Frances, Rainy River District, Ontario -   Canada
Phase: Standing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Fort Frances, Rainy River District, Ontario
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
DH.60M Moth CF-ADO: Damaged by gales and livestock whilst picketed in field at Fort Frances, Ontario May 1945; (exact date not yet found, but not later than 31.5.45). Aircraft overturned, not repaired, withdrawn from use.

Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-a?highlight=WyJjZi1hZG8iXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Frances

History of this aircraft

c/no 800 DH.60M Moth Seaplane [Gipsy I #433] to DeHavilland Canada without C of A; arrived Mount Dennis 9.5.29. Registered CF-ADO [C of R 675] 3.7.29 to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Toronto. Registered 25.7.29 to Col. C.H. Ackerman, Peterborough, Ontario. Registered 3.7.30 to Tom Montgomery Prospecting Syndicate, New Liskeard, Ontario. Registration CF-ADO cancelled as 'lapsed' 6.8.32; converted to landplane, registration renewed in 1933. Re-registered 22.6.34 to D Pickering, Hamilton, Ontario. Registered [C of R 1590] 28.6.35 to C.K. Berry, Toronto, Ontario. Re-registered [C of R 1806] 25.9.36 to Murray Aeronautical Corporation Ltd, Barker Field, Toronto, Ontario. Re-registered [C of R 1884] 25.1.37 to G.T. Record, Long Branch, Ontario. Registration cancelled as 'lapsed' 1.6.38; renewed 13.3.39. Re-registered [C of R 2432/A314] 15.5.39 to H.J. Parsons, Fort William, Ontario. Sold 20.5.44 (but not re-registered) to G.B. Flinders, Fort Frances, Ontario.

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Mar-2024 22:02 Dr. John Smith Added

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