Canada

The final approach to Argentia NAS was completed in low visibility due to poor weather conditions when the airplane hit tree tops and crashed few km short of runway threshold. Six crew members were killed while two others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Shortly after takeoff from Lake Echo, the engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed near Wawa and was destroyed. All nine occupants were injured.

The twin engine aircraft departed Saskatoon that day with two other similar airplanes for a training mission on behalf of the 1st RCAF Advanced Training School. On board were three crew members, one instructor and two student pilots. While flying at a very low height, the aircraft struck the water surface and crashed in the Redberry Lake, about 65 km northwest of Saskatoon Airport. The plane was totally submerged and just one of the airmen had managed to swim to a sandbar. Both other pilots remained in the cabin and were killed. The plane was eventually located and brought to shore where it was trucked away for investigation. It is believed that a propeller(s) came in contact with the lake surface.

Crashed into Ross Lake in Flin Flon following an engine failure. There were no casualties.

Crashed in unknown circumstances at Montreal-Saint-Hubert Airport. The crew fate remains unknown.

The crew was completing a local training mission in the region of Bagotville when the four engine aircraft collided with a RCAF De Havilland DH.100 Vampire registered 170024 and carrying one pilot. Out of control, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie in Bagotville. All seven crew members were killed. The Vampire's pilot F/Lt Charles Stewart Buchanan was performing a training sortie between Chicoutimi and Quebec City.
Crew:
F/O Robert Alexander Gray, pilot,
F/O Joseph Alfred Marier, copilot,
F/O Edward Charles William Hutt,
F/O Richard Heather Duffield Noble, navigator,
F/O James Ernest Macara, radio operator,
Cpl Robert Gerald Smith, flight engineer.

Crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching Goose Bay Airport, killing both pilots.
Crew:
F/L Ralph G. Raho,
F/L Jean-Pierre Bourleau.

The single engine aircraft was performing a flight from Lac-du-Bonnet to Norway House, carrying six employees of the Manitoba Government and a pilot. En route, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a muskeg located north of Berens River. All seven occupants have been killed.
Crew:
Russell C. Percy, pilot.
Passengers:
Frank W. East,
Robert H. Frederickson,
Arthur G. Hanson,
John G. Horsburgh,
Martin T. Madden,
Allan W. McLellan.

Shortly after takeoff from Authier Lake, the single engine aircraft hit trees and crashed. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

At 1317LT, the aircraft took off from Gander, Newfoundland, with a crew of three and a cargo of freight on a charter flight to Cartwright, Labrador. The aircraft was seen approaching to land in Sandwich Bay near Cartwright Harbor with the main undercarriage extended. The aircraft appeared to come to a sudden stop immediately after the wheels touched the water and the tail of the aircraft was seen to rise to a vertical position and settle back at an angle of about 45 degrees. All three crew members were killed.