Work in progress
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Snowbirds |
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List being compiled - more to add |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit - Serial |
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crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 1972 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
during a demonstration at the Trenton Airshow in Trenton, Ontario | Captain Lloyd Waterer | |||
| 1978 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
Horizontal stabilizer critically failed rendering the aircraft uncontrollable at an airshow in Grande Prairie, Alberta | Captain Gordon de Jong ejected but unsuccessfully | Weber | ||
| 3rd September 1989 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
Mid-air collision during a demonstration at the Canadian International Air Show during the CNE in Toronto, Ontario. Crashed into Lake Ontario | Captain Shane Antaya | killed | ||
| 3rd September 1989 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
Major Dan Dempsey safely ejected | Weber | |||
| 1991 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
crashed during a routine training flight near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | ||||
| OK | OK | no ejections | ||||||
| 1992 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
DETAILS NEEDED | ejected safely | Weber CL-41 | ||
| 1992 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
ejected safely | Weber CL-41 | |||
| 1992 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
Crashed due to failed engine bearing near Moose Jaw | no injuries | no ejection | ||
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21st March 1994 09:30 hrs |
Canadian Forces |
CT-114 Tutor | 114079 |
![]() 431 Sqn "Snowbirds". |
Engine failure during an air show practice, about 18 miles south of CFB Moose Jaw | |||
| Pilot minor injuries ejected | Was there another crew member?? | Weber CL-41 | ||||||
| 1997 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn "Snowbirds". |
Two Snowbirds touched wingtips over Glen Falls, N.Y | no injuries | |||
| 10th December 1998 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds No. 2 |
mid-air collision during a training flight | Capt. Mike Vandenbos ejected - parachute not fully deployed when he hit the ground - died on impact |
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Weber CL.41 | |
| September 2000 - Two jets sustained minor damage when the wing of one aircraft grazed the tail of another on the way to an air show. The pilots were not injured. | ||||||||
| Thursday 21st June 2001 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
![]() DND mid-air collision over Lake Eerie near Port Burwell both and were picked up by a military helicopter |
Major Robert "Bob" Painchaud | Weber CL.41 | ||
| Thursday 21st June 2001 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
Sgt. David Wilson ejected | Weber CL.41 | |||
| Friday 10th December 2004 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
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![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
Mid-air collision Friday morning while on a routine practice flight over southern Saskatchewan. | Capt. Chuck Mallett was "ejected" still in his seat and manually released himself |
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Weber CL-41 |
| Friday 10th December 2004 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
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![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
Miles Selby did not eject and was killed | |||
| Wednesday 24th August 2005 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor |
114120 No. 8 in team |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
"Catastrophic engine failure." Crashed in Thunder Bay in north western Ontario while on route to airshow | Captain Andrew "Andy" Mackay ejected |
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Weber CL.41 |
| Friday 18th May 2007 |
CAF |
CT-114 Tutor | No. 2 |
![]() 431 Sqn Snowbirds |
crashed during a rehearsal for two air shows this weekend in Malmstrom Air Base Montana | Captain Shawn McCaughey Killed |
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no ejection reported |
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Below are temporary links to specific Aerobatic Teams and their Losses and Ejections - All are considered works in progress and addition material / amendments welcomed - and acknowledged |
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![]() Red Arrows |
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Frecce Tricolor |
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North American Military Aviation Review Group Forum |
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Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Air Force Group Forum |
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Jeff Rankin-Lowe |
Sirius Productions |
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Dave Allport |
Air Forces Magazine {AFM} for permission to extract information from his regular feature "Attrition" concerning ejection related aviation losses |
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Dutch Aviation Society |
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(if I inadvertently omit your name from this listing PLEASE let me know to amend the listing) |
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