1965-02-05:
Helicopter Boeing-Vertol CH-113A Voyageur Serial 4007 Register 11313 10413 N4630G used by Canadian Armed Forces ,Canadian Army (1945-1968) ,Boeing Helicopters. Built 1965.
1974-03-20 CAF from 1968 w/o 20mar74 crash south of Namao, Alberta:
11313 crashed near NAMAO, ALBERTA during night maneuvers on March 19, 1974 (Not in BC as noted). The crew of three, Capt. Ronald Raymond Fleming, Captain Ronald George Davidson and MCpl Malcom Ross Caton all perished in the crash. An investigation revealed the mishap resulted from internal rotor blade spar erosion and cracking resulting in about three metres of one of the forward blades detaching in flight. This resulted in a catastrophic mid-air breakup of the aircraft.
Es tut mir leid, not in China but Chile and after the WW1.
"The HD 24 biplane was flown as a training floatplane by the DVS (Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule, actually a covert military flying school). D-1313 was built for Gunther Plüschow, an adventurer who become famous as 'the pilot of Tsingtao' (Qingdao) during WWI, hence the aircraft's name. The plane was shipped to Punta Arenas, Chile for his South American explorations. He crashed it and was killed near the Argentino Lake in January 1931."
"The aircraft was carrying two crew members among them the famous German aviator Günther Plüschow. They were performing their second attempt to fly to the south Patagonia, between Chile and Argentina. While cruising over the region of the Perito Moreno Glacier, some 78 km from El Calafate, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances, killing both occupants. "
FM-2 Wildcats and TBM-3 Avengers of Composite Squadron (VC) 96 pictured on board the escort carrier Rudyerd Bay CVE 81) c 1945.
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