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Crash of a Beechcraft C18 Expeditor near Peterborough: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 18, 1958
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1420
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Camp Borden – Trenton
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a VFR flight from Camp Borden to Trenton when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
S/L Eric Robert McDowall,
F/Lt Edward Arthur Elson.

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.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Stoney Lake

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1940 at 0810 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6057
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After departing RCAF Camp Borden on an advanced training - practice instrument flying exercise, the pilot continued to Stoney Lake. He descended too low over the water, causing the airplane to impact the water surface and to crash. Both occupants escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt C. F. K. Mews, pilot.
Passenger:
Sgt W. A. Winder.
Probable cause:
Error in judgment on part of the pilot coming to close to surface of water before trying to level off. Low flying on the part of the pilot over Stoney Lake, when not authorized to do so.
Final Report:

Crash of a Noorduyn Norseman near Grafton: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1940 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
678
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Camp Borden – Trenton
MSN:
20
YOM:
1938
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Captain / Total flying hours:
1040
Captain / Total hours on type:
137.00
Circumstances:
En route from Camp Borden to Trenton, while cruising at night in adverse weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in high ground near Grafton. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L H. B. Jasper, pilot,
F/O J. E. Pidcook, navigator,
F/O G. E. Auld, navigator,
AC1 J. R. Kean, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
While in a night cross country flight to give experience in practical air navigation, the pilot lost control of the airplane when flying in adverse weather conditions at low altitude over high ground.
Final Report:

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Mount Joy: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
81
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
MSN:
735
YOM:
1928
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight out of Camp Borden when the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Mount Joy, in the suburb of Markham, northeast of Toronto. A pilot was killed while the second crew was injured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Camp Borden

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
71
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
MSN:
720
YOM:
1928
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie out from Camp Borden. Upon landing, the airplane went out of control and collided with a parked RCAF Fairchild 51 registered 626. Both pilots were injured and both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth in Peterborough

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1935
Operator:
Registration:
179
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Peterborough
MSN:
DHC.210
YOM:
1930
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Upon landing, the aircraft went out of control and came to rest. The pilot was unhurt and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Camp Borden

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
79
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
MSN:
728
YOM:
1928
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was performing a solo training flight in Camp Borden. In flight, his aircraft collided with an Avro 616 Avian IVM of the RCAF registered 97 and carrying one pilot. Following the collision, both aircraft plunged into the earth and were destroyed. While the pilot of the Avro was killed, the pilot of the Moth bailed out before the crash and was unhurt.
Probable cause:
In flight collision.

Crash of an Avro 616 Avian IVM in Camp Borden: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
97
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Camp Borden - Camp Borden
MSN:
287
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Gilbert James Hitchen was performing a solo training flight at Camp Borden. In flight, his aircraft collided with a De Havilland DH.60M Moth of the RCAF registered 79 and carrying one pilot. Following the collision, both aircraft plunged into the earth and were destroyed. While the pilot of the Avro was killed, the pilot of the Moth bailed out before the crash and was unhurt.
Probable cause:
In flight collision.