l avion , un DC3 C-GJKM avait decolle de hay river . depuis 2o minutes quand le moteur droit a presente des defaillances.
Le pilote a essaye de retourner mais l avion a du se poser dans le bush/
les pilotes sont indemnes mais le statut de l avion pourrait etre trop endommage pour etre repare.
les photos sont de 2006
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construction numbe 13 580
Delivered as 42-93645 on 11Jun44 to the USAAF, transferred as KG713 to RAF Montreal on 08Jul44. It made its way to the UK but returned to Canada in 1946.
Some RCAF service details: 2 AC Winnipeg 02jul46 – 1 ANS Summerside 28sep51 – 2 AOS Winnipeg 13mar56 – [Dak 3N 29jan62] – ANS Winnipeg 26apr62 – [Dak 3NRO 29may70] - CAF 12946 Jun70 - FTSU Winnipeg 01jul71 – 429 C Sq Winipeg 02mar72 – AMDU Saskatoon 13may75.
On 30Jul76 it was assigned to one G.Wilson of Calgary.
Four years later it became C-GJKM for Buffalo Air, during Oct80. It also served with Northwestern Air, but this is/was a subsidairy of Buffalo Airways.