Canadian aircraft accidents
 

I am lookinf for further information of the following Norwegian pilots killed in accidents in Canada:
Three pilots serving With No. 3 Advanced Flying School, Gimli:
Thor Richard Drechsler killed March 29, 1955 about 80 km north-west of old Gimli RCAF Station.
Harald Odd Steen Mathisen killed Aperil 12, 1955 about 19 km north-west of
old Ginli RCAF Station.
Tore Haukeland killed March 2, 1959 at Gimli RCAF Station.

One pilot in civil service: Oscar Albert Lütken killed September 2, 1941 at
London, Ontario. His aircraft was hit by another plane landing in the dark.

I am looking for further details and information about the Aircraft involved.

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Lutken was the pilot of Anson 6141 of No. 4 Air Observers School, which taxied into Anson 6146 of the same School while both were preparing to take off from Crumlin (today London International Airport) at 21:25 local time. The RCAF accident card records no injuries or fatalities on either aircraft, Lutken may have been omitted because he was a civilian. 6141 was written off, 6146 was repaired and returned to service.

Given the dates of the 3 AFS crashes, all were probably T-33. Don't have full details, but here are some candidates:

21229 crashed at Gimli on 12 April 1955
21291 crashed at Gimli in spring of 1959, don't have exact date

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Thank you Bill. Would you know if Mr. Lütken was a civilian hired as instructor or enrolled into the RCAF ? Norwegian sources indicate him as "civilian".

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I have seen him identified as civilian in other documents. It was quite common for Navigation and Observer Schools to employ civilian pilots. They were known as "staff pilots", and were just drivers, not instructors. The instructor would have been an RCAF member, sitting in the back with the student observers. It was also quite common for these staff pilots to be non-Canadian (quite a few were American). They were usually hired because of their previous flying experience. They would be graded at one of the Composite Training Squadrons, and then given a quick conversion course to type at the School.

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Thank you again !!
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According to the papers, Dreschler & Mathisen were flying T-33.
newspaperarchive.com/ca/manitoba/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/1955/07-26/page-2
Pte. T. R. Dreschler, 21, Norway, killed 29 March 1955 northwest of Gypsumville. Gimli-based.
2nd. Lieut. H. Steen Mathison, 22, Norway, killed near Libau 12 April 1955. Gimli- based.
In fact probably Canadair CT-133 Silver Star Mk 3, serials 21001 to 21656, renumbered 133001 to 133656 at the end of the 60's (for the surviving a/c).

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Thank you "udf_00". However, the link did not work from my computer.
Seaplanes

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When I pasted the link
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/ was surreptitiously added before
newspaperarchive.com/ca/manitoba/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/1955/07-26/page-2
hence the 404 Not Found.