Incident Overview
Date: Friday 17 March 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Royal Canadian Air Force – RCAF
Registration Number: FL650
Location: off British Columbia –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Aircraft missing, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Douglas Dakota III FL650Douglas Dakota III FL650
Category: Accident
A Douglas Dakota III FL650 aircraft operating on a night navigation exercise vanished without a trace after a prolonged search. Despite extensive efforts, including a search for aircraft and crew, no trace of the aircraft or its occupants was found. Two oxygen cylinders recovered from the Pearse Island Group, northern Vancouver Island, are believed to be the only confirmed traces of the aircraft.A Douglas Dakota III FL650 aircraft operating on a night navigation exercise vanished without a trace after a prolonged search. Despite extensive efforts, including a search for aircraft and crew, no trace of the aircraft or its occupants was found. Two oxygen cylinders recovered from the Pearse Island Group, northern Vancouver Island, are believed to be the only confirmed traces of the aircraft.
Description
Douglas Dakota III FL650 operated on a night navigation exercise. The airplane took off at 19:40 hours. Last contact was at 21:58 hours. Despite an exhaustive search for aircraft and crew nothing was found and the they were classed as missing believed killed. Two oxygen cylinders of a type used by this aircraft were later recovered in the Pearse Island Group, northern Vancouver Island, and might be the only trace found of this aircraft.
Source of Information
http://rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_FK177_FL999.html, http://www.evasioncomete.org/fhodgera.html, http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?5288-RNZAF-crew-members-various-units, http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15948-440317-Unaccounted-Airmen-17-3-1944http://rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_FK177_FL999.html, http://www.evasioncomete.org/fhodgera.html, http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?5288-RNZAF-crew-members-various-units, http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15948-440317-Unaccounted-Airmen-17-3-1944Primary Cause
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