Greenwood - Greenwood

On April 20, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Greenwood - Greenwood experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Kentville Nova Scotia.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 85.7%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Crashed in unknown circumstances while returning to Greenwood Airbase following a reconnaissance mission. Six of the seven crew members were killed. Crew: F/O Eric Travers Lewis, † F/O Douglas Alan Hamilton, † F/O John Dane Curzon, † Sgt Neil McCarrol, † LAC William Douglas Fifield, † AC1 George Patrick Sylvester Shoul, † F/O K. Benson.

Aircraft reference details include registration KB966, MSN 37267.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.0780°, -64.4954°.