Date & Time:
Mar 26, 1943 at 1730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Noorduyn Norseman
Operator:
Registration:
2481
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
54
YOM:
1941
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
3
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Annette Island Airport, weather conditions deteriorated. Due to low visibility caused by heavy snow falls, the pilot decided to return and eventually attempted an emergency landing in the harbor of Metlakatla, on the north part of Annette Island. While completing a last turn to the right, the airplane flew into the water, striking with the starboard float or wing first, cartwheeled on the starboard wing and crashed nose first into the sea. The wreckage sank by a depth of 3-5 metres and all seven occupants were killed, among them three US officers.
Crew:
S/L Fred Burpee Curry, pilot,
F/Lt Ian Macmillan Dowling,
Lac Edward Kitchener McMichael,
F/Lt Ernest Bunting Stapleford.
Passengers:
Maxine Gloeckner.
Adelaide J. Kaiser,
Christeen Street.
Crew:
S/L Fred Burpee Curry, pilot,
F/Lt Ian Macmillan Dowling,
Lac Edward Kitchener McMichael,
F/Lt Ernest Bunting Stapleford.
Passengers:
Maxine Gloeckner.
Adelaide J. Kaiser,
Christeen Street.
Final Report:
2481.pdf146.66 KB
