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* revised 2013/11/20

  Yr/Mo/Dy Serial #/type Damage Remarks
1
421209 42-5045  YC64 Norseman * Must have been minor, as the airplane was kept in service. Same aircraft ground looped at Gander
on take-off on 430609
Later crashed on landing at APO865 Airport located
in New York on 09 Sep 43. Pilot was performing a postal flight from Nfld. Aircraft was destroyed and pilo eas injured
2
431027 V-5496 Hurricane This was listed as USAAF, though Hurricanes in Gander were RCAF. This aircraft collided in mid-air with the A020C below See ‘RCAF/RAF/Other’
3 431027 * 41-19224  A-20C Havoc * Collision with Hurricane above * Official crash report in my possession
4 441025 43-1532 C-47A Skytrain/Dakota No info, may be wrong no The s/n 43-1532 also applies to a single-engine L-C3 that crashed in
Texas. Possible confusion?
5 441103 44-48999 C-109
Tanker based on B24
Take off accident, not necessarily a crash. Damage 3/5 Lost Jul 30, 1945, Asia
6 441219 43-5125 UC-64A Norseman Reported destroyed by an act God on Gander Lake. Condemned 28 Dec Unoccupied at the time
7 450212 42-72235 C-54A Skymaster/DC4 Belly damage during take off. Repaired
8 450214 43-3260 OA-10A PBY Catalina * Landing accident Was seen in Goose Bay on 22 Sep 45
9 450329 41-37281 C-54A Skymaster/DC4 Appears to be a “blade strike” Flew after the war as a commercial operation
10 460406 44-9117 C-54E Skymaster/DC-4 Taxiing accident, 2/5 Flew after the war as a commercial operation
11 530718 43-30658 C47A
Skytrain/Dakota
No accident info Flew after the war as a commercial operation

 

Researched by R G Pelley

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