Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke

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Registration:

9898

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Plain, Valley

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Lethbridge - Lethbridge

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The airplane departed Lethbridge Airfield on a routine airground gunnery exercise. It caught fire in the air, descended in a shallow dive at high speed, well over 200 mph, until it struck the ground in an upright and flat position, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Neil John Dalgleish, pilot,
P/O George Henry Brazier, flight engineer,
Lac Eugene Bohush, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac Stanley Leonard Palmer, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

The cause of the in-flight fire could not be determined.

Final Report:

Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke in Quill Lake: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1942 at 1000 LT

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9924

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Plain, Valley

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Dafoe - Dafoe

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The crew departed RCAF Station Dafoe on a scheduled gunnery exercise. For unknown reasons, the airplane dove into the ground at high speed, exploded on impact and disintegrated. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack William Phillips, pilot,
Lac Reginald Ivor Morgan, pilot,
Lac Frederick Walter Selfe, pilot.

Probable cause:

The cause of the loss of control could not be determined.

Final Report:

Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke in Nelles Corners: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1942 at 1650 LT

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9098

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Plain, Valley

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Jarvis - Jarvis

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The crew departed Jarvis Airfield on a G3 Beam relative speed exercise. En route, the twin engine airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed 1,5 km north of Nelles Corners. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Neil McCrank, pilot.
Sgt Frederick Joseph Hawke, pilot,
Lac Ronald William Gillingham Killick, pilot.

Probable cause:

This accident appears to have been due to stalling on an overbanked or over-ruddered turn and that the pilot was unable to flatten out in time to avoid striking the ground.

Final Report:

Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke IV into the St Margarets Bay

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941 at 1830 LT

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9023

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Yarmouth - Yarmouth

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Captain / Total flying hours:

225

Captain / Total hours on type:

85.00

Circumstances:

The airplane departed Yarmouth on a navigation exercise. Due to the inexperience of the pilot, it landed short distance from shore (St Margarets Bay) and sank. All four crew members were seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O J. M. McQueen, pilot,
P/O G. W. H. Charles, navigator,
Sgt W. R. MacDonald, wireless operator,
Sgt R. H. McKay, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Error in judgement of pilot in that he mistook local weather conditions to be general and with ample fuel for four hours failed to examine or confirm by flight to or radio the weather at alternate landing fields. In this case, weather at four alternative landing fields within easy range, Moncton, Debert, Dartmouth and Yarmouth, was good. Reduced visibility at nightfall was a contributing factor.

Final Report:

Crash of a Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke IV off Sable Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1941 at 1230 LT

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9007

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