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Registration / Serial: | 3698 |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC) |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada CC-123 Otter |
C/n (msn): | 65 |
Operator Titles: | Canada - Air Force |
Location | |
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Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
Photo Date: | July 1970 |
Photo by: | Peter Marshall (via Gary Vincent) |
Photo ID: | 573210 |
Photo Comment |
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Delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force, February 18, 1955, 3698 was sold via Crown Assets Disposal Corporation in 1977 after two years of storage. Registered C-GOFF to the Province of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources. Sold again in 1986 to Thousand Lakes Airways, the aircraft moved to Ignace Airways in 1990. Last operator was Huron Air & Outfitters from 1998, it was converted to a Walter powered DHC-3T/M601 Turbo Otter during the winter of 2002. Taking off from a strip near Jellicoe, ON , the aircraft crashed onto frozen Blackwater Lake and broke through the ice inverted. This photo is copyright © Peter Marshall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 21 May 2023, and has since been viewed 281 times. |