Ilford Riverton Airways

Curtiss C-46 Commando

After landing at Shamattawa Airport while on a cargo flight, the crew was taxiing to the apron when the aircraft went off course. The right main gear struck a drainage ditch and was torn off. Both occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

The airplane was completing a cargo flight from Thunder Bay to Fort Severn, carrying building supplies. On approach, the crew encountered heavy fog when on final, the airplane struck the bank of the Severn River. It bounced into the air, took off the roof of an Anglican church and crashed 267 feet away in a graveyard, about 3 km from runway 15 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.

Beechcraft D18

Shortly after takeoff from Winnipeg Airport runway 13, while climbing to a height of about 100 feet, the twin engine airplane banked right then stalled and crashed in flames onto two houses located in 426 & 430 Linwood Street, about one km south of the end of runway 13. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all nine occupants were killed, among them seven students returning home. Despite both houses were destroyed, nobody on the ground was wounded. According to eyewitnesses, both engines were not running properly prior to the loss of control.