Nomad (Northrop) 3503 - BCATP Training - 1940-12-12 to 1940-12-12
Squadron: 1 (OT) SFTS (RCAF)
Start Date: 1940-12-12
Completion Date: 1940-12-12
Mission: BCATP Training
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: swamp near Everett, Ontario
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: weather
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

1 Service Flying training School, Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada. LAC Clayton Peder Hopton (RCAF), a student pilot flying Nomad 3503 was engaged in a formation flying exercise with two other Nomad aircraft when they encountered snowy conditions. LAC Hopton, lost in reduced visibility of the the snow squalls, fell behind the other two aircraft. Sadly, he was killed when his Nomad 3503 crashed into a swampy area near Everett, Ontario.

Four additional airmen were killed in a mid-air collision over Lake Muskoka while searching for Leading Aircraftman Hopton the following day

Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing Borden Ontario, pages 116-117

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-12

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

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