Squadron: 405 (MP) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1953-02-01
Completion Date: 1953-02-01
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Greenwood NS
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Crash City: 100 miles east of Goose Bay
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Converted to MR configuration by de Havilland Canada. Issued to No. 405 (MR) Squadron at RCAF Station Greenwood, NS on 14 May 1952. Had 134:00 logged time on that date. Coded "AG*914". Periodic inspection performed 13 January 1953. Dispatched to Iceland in January 1953, together with KB868, for ASW exercise. Both aircraft diverted on 31 January 1953 back to to Goose Bay, to join in search for a missing civilian Beech 18. Diverted to Torbay, Newfoundland in bad weather, but attempted to reach Goose Bay after two engines failed, probably due to icing. Crashed about 100 miles east of Goose Bay in early morning of 1 February 1953, 9 crew killed. Wreckage not located until 15 June 1953.
6 Group Unavailable
Converted to MR configuration by de Havilland Canada. Issued to No. 405 (MR) Squadron at RCAF Station Greenwood, NS on 14 May 1952. Had 134:00 logged time on that date. Coded "AG*914". Periodic inspection performed 13 January 1953. Dispatched to Iceland in January 1953, together with KB868, for ASW exercise. Both aircraft diverted on 31 January 1953 back to to Goose Bay, to join in search for a missing civilian Beech 18. Diverted to Torbay, Newfoundland in bad weather, but attempted to reach Goose Bay after two engines failed, probably due to icing. Crashed about 100 miles east of Goose Bay in early morning of 1 February 1953, 9 crew killed. Wreckage not located until 15 June 1953.
