Cormier, Joseph Edmour Regis Claude

Killed in Flying Accident 1982-03-19

Birth Date: 1957-May-20

Born: Montreal, Quebec

Regis and Therese (nee Beauchamp) Cormier of Laval, Quebec.

Home: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment Date: 1976-07-25

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 FTS- Flying Training School (CAF)

Base

CFB Portage, Manitoba

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

Lieutenant

Service Numbers

A90498845

First Burial
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Took off from Portage MN in Musketeer Mk II on a routine training flight.

1982-03-19: Crashed near Portage, Manitoba, the first Musketeer lost in Canadian military service. Cause of crash not found.

Killed includes Cormier, no burial location found:2Lt Joseph Andre Jacques Lalonde RCAF KIFA 1982-03-19.

Beechcraft Musketeer CT-134 CT134

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Beechcraft CT-134A Musketeer Mk. I (Serial No. 134216).
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The Beechcraft Musketeer is a family of single-engined, low-wing, light aircraft that was produced by Beechcraft. The line includes the Model 19 Musketeer Sport, the Model 23 Musketeer, Custom and Sundowner, the Model 23-24 Musketeer Super III the retractable gear Model 24-R Sierra and the military CT-134 Musketeer.

The Musketeer line was in production from model years 1963 to 1983, during which time a total of 4,366 were produced. The type certificate for the Musketeer family of aircraft has been owned by Hawker Beechcraft since March 26, 2007.Wikipedia

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