Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 14 February 1956
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Dorval Air Transport
Registration Number: CF-BZH
Location: 40 km NW of Fort Chimo, QC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Aircraft engineAircraft engine
Category: Accident
A supply flight carrying adventurer Harold E. Dahl crashed while operating on the Canadian DEW radar line, resulting in the fatality of the pilot.A supply flight carrying adventurer Harold E. Dahl crashed while operating on the Canadian DEW radar line, resulting in the fatality of the pilot.
Description
Crashed while operating on a supply flight for the Canadian Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar line. Killed in the accident was adventurer Harold E. “Whitey” Dahl.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nCEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7mQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=dahl%20pilot&pg=4355%2C4243805, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JUYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PSMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=dahl%20pilot&pg=7109%2C2078732https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nCEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7mQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=dahl%20pilot&pg=4355%2C4243805, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JUYaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PSMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=dahl%20pilot&pg=7109%2C2078732Primary Cause
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