Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland UK
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Thorrat, Thomas Andrew (Pilot Officer (Acting))
Killed in Flying Accident 1954-April-08
Birth Date: 1932
Born: Kirkcaldy Scotland
Parents: son of John Marshall Thorratt and Jessie Bett Robertson
Spouse:
Home: Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland UK
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
2 FTS- Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Moose Jaw
Rank
Pilot Officer (Acting)
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3309
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1954-April-08. They are: Harvard s/n 3309, North Star s/n TCA223.
This accident involved 1 person. Thorrat
This accident had 37 fatalities. Marjorie Louise Quinney Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Agar Rodney Cawthra Adamson Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Mary Cynthia Adamson Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, George William Sweny Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Alan Craig Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Henry Floyd "Harry" George Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Carol Nelson Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Ian Henry Bell Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Don Wilson Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Elbert Frederick Cameron Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Andrew Middlemass Smart Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Oscar Arthur Blanck Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, George Herbert Gillett Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Dorothy Esther Nelson Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Abraham Belzberg Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, William Thomas Reid Hunter Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Rupert Don Baugh Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Thomas Mayne "Pat" Reid Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Marjorie Reid Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Donald McKenzie Matheson Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Gerald Stanton Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, James Crossen Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Alexander McVey Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, William Irvin Brook Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Charles Gordon Hutton Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, William Harry McLean Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, George R Goodall Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, John Goodall Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Mary Pirie Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Alice Ritchie Douglas Edwards Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, June Myrtle Finney Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Martha Schultz Hadwen Civilian Collateral service no: North Star TCA223, Jeanne Sweny Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Douglas Warren Guthrie Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Louis Penner Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223, Caroline Nelson Civilian Killed service no: North Star TCA223,Pilot Officer (Acting) Thomas Andrew Thorrat RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no: Harvard 3309
Mission
Harvard Mk.IIB 3309
Operational 1954-April-08 to 1954-April-08
() () RCAF Moose Jaw
From Aviation Safety network:
The Canadair C-4 was on a flight to Vancouver and had been cleared on an IFR flight plan flying at 6000 feet on Green Airway 1 between Winnipeg and Calgary, which was the first intermediate stop. At 09:57 an RCAF Harvard Mk. II took off from RCAF Station Moose Jaw for a navigation cross-country exercise. The Harvard was climbing to 9000 feet, crossed the Airway at 6000 feet and collided with the C-4. A large portion of the wreckage fell on a house which was destroyed by fire, killing the only occupant. The Harvard pilot and all 35 occupants of the C-4 where also killed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Failure on the part of the pilots of both aircraft to maintain a proper lookout, the onus of responsibility for keeping out of the way being with the Harvard aircraft as it had the other on its own right side. 2) The Harvard aircraft in crossing the airway climbed through altitudes normally used by aircraft flying along the airway. 3) The Board up to the present has been unable to determine whether the window post on the left side of the Canadair C4-1 aircraft hid the Harvard aircraft from view, but there are indications that this was possible."
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RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moose Jaw SK
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Harvard Crew
Harvard 3309 Mk.IIB - Operational - 1954-04-08 to 1954-04-08
Squadron:
Start Date: 1954-04-08
Completion Date: 1954-04-08
Mission: Operational
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RCAF Moose Jaw
Take Off Time: 09:57
Squadron Code:
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Moose Jaw Saskatchewan
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: midair
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
From Aviation Safety network:
The Canadair C-4 was on a flight to Vancouver and had been cleared on an IFR flight plan flying at 6000 feet on Green Airway 1 between Winnipeg and Calgary, which was the first intermediate stop. At 09:57 an RCAF Harvard Mk. II took off from RCAF Station Moose Jaw for a navigation cross-country exercise. The Harvard was climbing to 9000 feet, crossed the Airway at 6000 feet and collided with the C-4. A large portion of the wreckage fell on a house which was destroyed by fire, killing the only occupant. The Harvard pilot and all 35 occupants of the C-4 where also killed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Failure on the part of the pilots of both aircraft to maintain a proper lookout, the onus of responsibility for keeping out of the way being with the Harvard aircraft as it had the other on its own right side. 2) The Harvard aircraft in crossing the airway climbed through altitudes normally used by aircraft flying along the airway. 3) The Board up to the present has been unable to determine whether the window post on the left side of the Canadair C4-1 aircraft hid the Harvard aircraft from view, but there are indications that this was possible."