Birth Date: 1957-May-20
Born: Montreal, Quebec
Parents: Regis and Therese (nee Beauchamp) Cormier of Laval, Quebec.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment Date: 1976-July-25
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 FTS- Flying Training School (CAF)
Base
CFB Portage, Manitoba
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
A90498845
Montreal, Quebec
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.
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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