Mosquito KB109 B.Mk. XX - Operational - 1944-02-17 to 1944-02-17
Squadron: 36 (OT) OTU (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-02-17
Completion Date: 1944-02-17
Mission: Operational
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Take Off Time: 12:45:00
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: one mile west of Auburn, Nova Scotia
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: structural
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36 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Canadian-built Mosquito aircraft KB 109 broke up in mid-air during a six-plane formation flying training exercise and crashed one mile west of Auburn, Nova Scotia.

Pilot, Flying Officer Richard George Gilmour (RCAF) and Navigator, Pilot Officer Leonard Herbert Teer (RAFVR) were both killed in this flying accident

Flying Officer Gilmour had thirty three flying hours on Mosquito aircraft at the time of this accident. The Accident Investigation concluded that the most likely cause of the crash was structural failure due to excessive speed in a dive

Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories on the Canadian Home Front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapter 12

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