Plane wrecks in Gander area
Troféo
decided to look for aircraft crash sites in the Gander area. If anyone knows
where I can look please email me. Also, a simple map of the site would help.
The King
Sabena Airlines across gander lake on the ridge wreckage still there
Czechoslovakian Airlines in the 70s...nothing left to see.
Arrow Airlines in 85 crash site just a few minutes east
of Gander across from the end of runway (marked with a sign)
"Troféo" <br...@roadrunner.nf.net> wrote in message
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Harry Mesh
Demonstration Forest. Don't remember the details but there was a sign
there marking it.
Also, there was some wreckage on the road going to the Commonwealth
War Graves, off the TCH, just up from the stop sign, on the left. Last
time I was there it was not visible from the road, but maybe some
rooting through the bush there would reveal it.
Harry
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:17:32 -0230, "The King" <the...@hotmail.ca>
wrote:
Tim Marshall
longer range bombers and aircraft which were able to do the North
America/Greenland/Iceland/England hop. Don't quote me, but I think
there are about 70 if I remember a CBC radio article on it a couple of
years ago. Apparantly they were doing some kind of archaeological
(don't know if that's the correct term for relics 50 or so years old)
excavations of some of the wrecks. You might try going to the airport
to ask.
Or perhaps the Forces Stations public relations office.
Hell, isn't Roger Wiertz a Gandererian? Roger?
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Tim - http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~tmarshal/
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Roger Wiertz
Tim Marshall wrote:
I already posted a reply to Brad's post, but your mention of the military
base reminded me of something else. A couple of years ago, some of the
people at 103 Search and Rescue Squadron volunteered to do some work
around a crash site in the area. I don't remember many details, so I'm
not sure how accessible the site is, but a phone call to the Public
Affairs Officer at 103 Squadron might help Brad in his search.
Best Regards
Roger Wiertz
Gander
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Wons
been able to get very little information on the incident except it was a
major crash. It seems to be a DC3. There is a road built to the site so it
must have been a major incident. The road must have taken some time to
build through bog and rough terrain. Anyway any info would be appreciated.
Good luck on your env\devers and don't get lost in the woods. Let us know
what you find. There are lots of crashes around YQX from W.W.II to keep an
interested person busy for a long time.
Frank McDonald
Force overseas delivery aircraft, crashed just after take off in 1942. I`ll
get some more info and post back later.
The one by the graveyard turnoff was mostly removed when the highway was
widened, Lockheed Ventura I think. If you look close you`ll notice the trees
are shorter than those around it, they were flattened by the crash 55 years
ago.
Lots and lots of plane crashes around gander. Just a quarter mile back
towards Gander on the other side of the highway from the graveyard are the
remains of a B-24 R.C.A.F. sub-hunter that was based in Gander that crashed
while returning from patrol. On the bog just up from the "Turkey farm" are
the remains of a Douglas Digby. On the southside of the bog that the Chech
crashed into (IL-18 in 1967) are the pieces of a B-25 overseas delivery
aircraft that crashed and exploded after takeoff. On a bog behind Boot pond
are bits of a B-24 from Ferry Command, pictures of this plane and the story
are in the book "North Atlantic Cat" written by Don Macvicar(its in the
Gander library).
Plane crashes! I could go on and on. I`ll review some information I have and
get back to you.
If this kinda thing interests you, check out my friends webpage.
http://home.thezone.net/~ainal/
"Harry Mesh" <hm...@nf.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> There is a small amount of wreckage on the trail at the Thomas Howe
> Demonstration Forest. Don't remember the details but there was a sign
> there marking it.
>
> Also, there was some wreckage on the road going to the Commonwealth
> War Graves, off the TCH, just up from the stop sign, on the left. Last
> time I was there it was not visible from the road, but maybe some
> rooting through the bush there would reveal it.
>
> Harry
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> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:17:32 -0230, "The King" <the...@hotmail.ca>
> wrote:
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> >Three major crashes
> >
> >Sabena Airlines across gander lake on the ridge wreckage still there
> >Czechoslovakian Airlines in the 70s...nothing left to see.
> >Arrow Airlines in 85 crash site just a few minutes east
> >of Gander across from the end of runway (marked with a sign)
> >
> >
> >
Frank McDonald
incomplete and some of the map coordinates are inaccurate. Good starting
point though.
"Roger Wiertz" <wie...@THISthezone.net> wrote in message
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Frank McDonald
for scap metal in the past ten years, used to be a lot of bits and pieces in
there.
"Wons" <wo...@runnaway.com> wrote in message
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> There is a crash site by Baulene that I'm very interested in. So far I've
> been able to get very little information on the incident except it was a
> major crash. It seems to be a DC3. There is a road built to the site so
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> must have been a major incident. The road must have taken some time to
> build through bog and rough terrain. Anyway any info would be
appreciated.
> Good luck on your env\devers and don't get lost in the woods. Let us know
> what you find. There are lots of crashes around YQX from W.W.II to keep
an
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