RCAF Lodestar 557
There's an airplane here somewhere! A little 3km snowshoe trek to a WW2 crash site near Gander. RCAF Lockheed Lodestar #557 flew a cargo run from Moncton to Gander in May 1943. Arriving over Gander the aircraft encountered low ceiling; after 3 failed attempts to land, the machine stalled while trying to align with Runway 27 (now defunct) for another approach and impacted the ground. All three RCAF crew perished in the accident. They were: WO2 Svendsen (pilot, age 37, from Vancouver), WO2 Allan (second pilot, age 24, from Montreal), and LAC Sewell (Wireless Operator, age 22, from South Devon NB). All three are interned at the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Gander.
RCAF Lodestar 557
There's an airplane here somewhere! A little 3km snowshoe trek to a WW2 crash site near Gander. RCAF Lockheed Lodestar #557 flew a cargo run from Moncton to Gander in May 1943. Arriving over Gander the aircraft encountered low ceiling; after 3 failed attempts to land, the machine stalled while trying to align with Runway 27 (now defunct) for another approach and impacted the ground. All three RCAF crew perished in the accident. They were: WO2 Svendsen (pilot, age 37, from Vancouver), WO2 Allan (second pilot, age 24, from Montreal), and LAC Sewell (Wireless Operator, age 22, from South Devon NB). All three are interned at the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Gander.