Skye Mountain Crash, 1942
Subject: 1942 Plane Crash in Whycocomagh Cape Breton NS Canada
Newsgroups: soc.history.war.world-war-ii
Date: 2003-03-25
My Dad often talks of this. In 1942 (41?) a munitions plane bound for Halifax Crashed on Skye Mountain, killing all aboard, and scattering debris for miles when it all exploded. He lived about 20 miles away at the time (now lives 3 miles away) and every window in their house shook from the shockwave. Would anyone out there have any information on this?? I searched the web for a long time and found nothing. Thanks! Mark.
Ring made from Skye Mountain plane crash metal around the time of the crash 1941/42
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RE: Bristol Bolingbroke MK-IV Bomber crash – Skye Mountain – Cape Breton
Mark, send me a note if you are still interested. I have been researching this for a few years and have a bit of info.
Regards
Fred Cook
This is for Mark and Fred Cook re: bomber crash on Skye Mountain, Cape Breton…there were four airmen on the aircraft in Feb. 1942.
The pilot officer and two (2) sgt. pilots were killed. My father, LAC Fred J. Ball was the wireless operator and he was the lone survivor.
My dad told me the story as he remembered it and if you wish to contact me at the email address above and I will tell you what I know
about the incident.
Not all were killed,one man survived the crash. My father was one of the first at the sight. The ground was covered with snow and they followed the tracks, the airman was stunned and did not know where he was.
He lived for several years after the crash.
It was reported that the pilot was drunk and needed help to get into the cockpit.
Jennifer please contact me at footless(at)mymts.net.I’m in Winnipeg. (Floyd)
Nelson:
Please contact me in Winnipeg.(footless(at)mymys.net.) Floyd
the final flight of Bristol Bolingbroke Aircraft 9063
Rod,
Wow… dates jive with the newspaper clipping, thanks for that…
#9063
http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/RCAF_9050_9099_detailed.html
“Dropped 2 bombs on submarine east of Sydney on 12 January 1942, no damage observed. This unit’s first attack of the war. Category A crash at Sydney, at 19:08 on 4 February 1942. Struck a hill in flight, exploded and burned. Three fatalities, including pilot Sgt. W. Dakeman.”