Looking for Info - Bomber crash northern ontario

AEROMONKEY · Post by **AEROMONKEY** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:19 am

I remember reading an article about an air crash in northern ontario that happened many many years ago. Apparently it was some type of american military bomber that crashed in the vacinity of a logging camp in northern ontario somewhere around the Thunder bay , Dorion , nipigon areas...i remember reading that the pilot or pilots ejected safely and were picked up by camp workers that witnessed the accident? Does anyone know where i can find info on this....Just curious to read what it was all about.

thanks.

P180 · Post by **P180** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:29 am

I know of a B-47 north of Hearst.And a Landcaster south of Fort severn.

AEROMONKEY wrote:I remember reading an article about an air crash in northern ontario that happened many many years ago. Apparently it was some type of american military bomber that crashed in the vacinity of a logging camp in northern ontario somewhere around the Thunder bay , Dorion , nipigon areas...i remember reading that the pilot or pilots ejected safely and were picked up by camp workers that witnessed the accident? Does anyone know where i can find info on this....Just curious to read what it was all about.

thanks.

CD · Post by CD » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:12 am

I don't recall ever hearing of anything in the Lakehead area...

Here is a little bit of information on the B-47 accident:

1959 – Mid-Air Collision – Assorted Sources - Pagwa, Ontario

Starsky · Post by **Starsky** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:15 am

P180 wrote:I know of a B-47 north of Hearst.And a Landcaster south of Fort severn.

Cool. Any more specific info than that??

P180 · Post by **P180** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:56 pm

Sorry thats all I know.But if you ask some of the rotor guys from Timmins or Hearst I am sure they know where it is.I know that a few have landed there and looked over what was left.Which I don't think there would be much to see anymore.

Starsky wrote:
P180 wrote:I know of a B-47 north of Hearst.And a Landcaster south of Fort severn.
Cool. Any more specific info than that??

northwings · Post by **northwings** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:22 pm

According to my one down the road neighbors who is a WW2 vet, there's a Lancaster in the bottom of the lake beside my Dad's house , 20 km north west of Cochrane. Don't know of anyone who has actually gone diving to confirm though.