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Crash of an Avro 652A Anson I in Bond Head: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N9652
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RCAF Camp Borden on a training flight with a crew of three on board. While flying in formation, it collided with a second RAF Avro Anson registered N9595 and carrying a crew of four. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Bond Head. All seven crew members in both aircrafts were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Clydesdale Bell, pilot,
LAC Maurice Godfrey Folkard,
LAC Ivor Wilfred Jackson.

Crash of an Avro 652A Anson I in Bond Head: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N9595
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RCAF Camp Borden on a training flight with a crew of four on board. While flying in formation, it collided with a second RAF Avro Anson registered N9652 and carrying a crew of three. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Bond Head. All seven crew members in both aircrafts were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Henry Dodsworth, pilot,
AC1 Colin Trevor Douglas,
LAC Stanley Porter,
LAC Eric Alfred Rundell.