Fradet, G.P. (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1955-March-17

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3 AFS- Advanced Flying School

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Gimli, Manitoba, Canada

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Sergeant

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1955-03-17 - T-33 21343, in which Sergeant GP Fradet, FAF NATO student pilot, crashed on a night flying exercise seven miles east of Winnipeg Beach. Sergeant Fradet was fatally injured.

1955-03-17 - Equipment and Divers arrived from Vancouver to commence diving operations in Lake Winnipeg to reach the wreckage of T-33 21343

1955-04-07 - Salvage operations on Lake Winnipeg for the wreckage of T-33 21343 were temporarily suspended due to the mild weather and the resultant unsafe condition of the ice.

Canada Primary Source Station Historical Record - RCAF Station Gimli - 1955-03-17

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