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Papineau-Couture, Louis Mark (Master Corporal)

Killed in Flying Accident 1989-January-29

Birth Date: 1948-November-13 (age 40)

Born: Sherbrooke, Quebec

Son of L. Gui and Kathleen Papineau-Couture of Windsor Mills, Quebec.

Husband of Ria (nee Borst) Papineau-Couture and father of Michael, Brian and Linda Papineau-Couture of Lancaster Park, Alberta.

Home: Sherbrooke, Quebec

Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment Date: 1967-06-20

Service
RCAF
Unit
435 Sqn- Squadron
Certi Provehendi Detemined on delivery
Rank
Master Corporal
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Service Numbers
Multiple fatalities associated with this accident.

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Master Corporal Castonguay, Joseph Paul-Emile Claude (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1989-January-29
Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Trenton, Ontario, Canada

Master Corporal Papineau-Couture, Louis Mark (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1989-January-29
St Michel Cemetery, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Lockheed C-130 Hercules CC-130

CC-130H Hercules
(Source RCAF Web Page)
The CC-130H Hercules is primarily used for search and rescue operations. While it also carries out transport missions, its main focus is saving lives through the Canadian Armed Forces' search and rescue mandate. It has a range of more than 7,200 kilometres and can transport approximately 80 passengers, operate on short unpaved runways and fly in severe weather conditions. These capabilities make the CC-130H an excellent aircraft for search and rescue operations over the vast span of Canada's central and northern regions. RCAF Web Page

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last update: 2021-10-26 23:25:58

Hercules C-130E-LM 10318

Ex USAF 64-17637. With 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Namao, Alberta. Used by 436 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario.
From 130318
With 435 Squadron, CFB Namao, Alberta, when destroyed in a crash on 29 January 1989. Crash-landed 300-600 feet short of the runway at night in -46deg C temperatures, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 9 fatalities, including 2 who died later in hospital, and 9 survivors. Fatalities included Master Corp. L.M. Papineau-Couture and Capt. J.P-E. C. Castonguay.

1966-01-21 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1970-05-27 Serial Change Became CAF 130318. 2019-08-20
1989-05-00 Struck off Strength 2021-11-09

435 Sqn Certi Provehendi ("Chinthe")

History of the Squadron during World War II (Aircraft: Dakota III, IV)

No. 435 was the 34th RCAF squadron formed overseas in WWII. It was the 3rd transport squadron and the second formed in India. It was inaugurated on November 1 1944 at Gujrat, Punjab, India . Based in Tulihal, Manipur, India from 18 December 1944, it flew Dakota aircraft in support of the British 14th Army in northern Burma. After cessation of hostilities in the Far East, the squadron relocated to Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, UK , where it provided transport services in Britain and Europe for Canadian units. It was finally disbanded at Down Ampney on April 1, 1946.

Overall, in Burma the squadron flew 15,681 sorties, airlifted 27,460 tons of freight, 14,000 passengers and 851 casualties. An additional 1018 sorties were flown in England. Casualties were 3 aircraft, 9 aircrew and 6 passengers killed, 2 aircrew and 13 passengers injured. Awards gained by the squadron were 1 MBE, 1 DFC, 1 AFCs and 1 MiD. Battle Honour was Burma 1944-45Wikipedia, Kostenuk and Griffin

Maps for Movements of 435 Squadron 1944-46

MAP 1: 435 Squadron Movements 1944-46 (right-click on image to display enlarged in new tab)

435 Squadron History Summary 1944-46

History of the Squadron Post-WWII (Aircraft: Dakota, Boxcar, Hercules)

No. 164 (Transport) Squadron was created on 23 January 1943 at Moncton, New Brunswick . The squadron flew Lodestar and Dakota aircraft on East Coast transport duty. It was the RCAF’s premier transport squadron and the cornerstone of the peacetime Air Transport Command. It provided trained aircrew as the nuclei of other transport units. On 1 August 1946 it was divided into two units, one at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and one at Edmonton, Alberta . The Dartmouth squadron become No. 426 (T) Squadron and the Edmonton detachment was re-designated 435 (Transport) Squadron. It flew Douglas Dakota IV aircraft until 1952, then re-equipped with the Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar. The squadron relocated a few miles north to RCAF Station Namao in 1955. From 1960, it flew Lockheed Hercules C-130B, and from 1966 the Hercules C-130-E. Due to the Chrétien government's budget cuts and the resultant closure of the airfield at CFB Edmonton, the squadron was moved to 17 Wing Winnipeg in 1994. It was re-designated '435 Transport and Rescue Squadron' on 1 May 1995. The squadron is now based at 19 Wing, Comox, British Columbia . 435 Squadron is the only Air Force squadron equipped and trained to conduct air-to-air refuelling of fighter aircraft in support of operational and training activities at home and abroad. The CC-130 Hercules tanker is a key asset for the Canadian NORAD Region in its mission to defend Canada and the United States against aerial threats that originate outside or within North American airspace. The Squadron has been operating the tankers in support of fighter operations since 1992.

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