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Hercules C-130E-LM 10322

Hercules 130322 crash site 10.5 miles south east of Alert.

Ex USAF 65-12767. With 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Namao, Alberta.

With 436 Squadron at CFB Trenton, Ontario in 1991. With 435 Squadron when it crashed on 30 October 1991. Crashed on approach to CFS Alert, Ellesmere Island, NWT. 5 fatalities, including Capt. J.P. Couch and Corp-chef J.R. Pitre. 13 survivors. Took several days for survivors to be recovered, due to bad weather. Wreckage still visible at crash site for several years. Read "Death and Deliverance" by Robert Mason Lee, the haunting true story of the Hercules crash at the North Pole.

Deceased

• Captain John Couch, pilot, 435 Transport Squadron, Edmonton, Alberta
• Captain Judy Trépanier, logistics officer, Canadian Forces Communication Command Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario
• Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine, regional services manager CANEX, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario
• Warrant Officer Robert Grimsley, supply technician, Canadian Forces Communication Command Headquarters, Ottawa
• Master Corporal Roland Pitre, traffic technician, 435 Squadron

Rescued

• Robert Thomson, civilian, Canadian Forces Base Trenton
• Susan Hillier, civilian, Canadian Forces Base Trenton
• Captain Richard Dumoulin, logistics officer, Canadian Forces Communication Command Headquarters
• Captain Wilma DeGroot, doctor, Canadian Forces Base Trenton
• Lieutenant Joe Bales, pilot, 435 Squadron
• Lieutenant Mike Moore, navigator, 435 Squadron
• Master Warrant Officer Marc Tremblay, supply technician, Canadian Forces Communication Command Headquarters
• Sergeant Paul West, flight engineer, 435 Squadron
• Master Corporal Tony Cobden, communications researcher, 770 Communication Research Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland
• Master Corporal David Meace, radio technician, 1 Canadian Division Headquarters and Signal Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Kingston, Ontario
• Master Corporal Mario Ellefsen, communications researcher, Canadian Forces Station Leitrim, Ottawa
• Master Seaman "Monty" Montgomery, communications researcher, Canadian Forces Station Leitrim
• Private Bill Vance, communications researcher, Canadian Forces Station Leitrim

Full Popular Mechanics Article: June 1992

Aviation Safety Network

RCAF News, Remembering 130322

Remembering 130322

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435 (T) 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.

For additional details see

RCAF Government website