Lockheed C-130 Hercules CC-130
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(Source RCAF Web Page)
CC-130 Hercules - Kestrel Publications
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (62) RCAF 400 Squadrons (61) Canadian Crewed (60) Canadian Museum (2)Hercules C-130E-LM 10322
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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
1967-01-17 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1970-05-27 Serial Change Became CAF 130322 . 2019-08-20
1991-10-30 Accident Category A RCAF Alert CA Crashed 11 miles short of Alert. 2021-10-30
1993-11-25 Struck off Strength 2021-11-09
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