Comments on: Remembering Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 3

By: BRAD FALCK

BRAD FALCK — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:39:44 +0000

There is another bizarre fog related story next door on grouse mountain just after the Korean war a USAF F86 flew into grouse mountain at 200 knots thinking he was on final approach to McChord AFB in Lakewood WA. some wreckage is still on the mountain

By: Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:18:40 +0000

My mother, sister, age 8 and I, 18 months were scheduled for the late flight from Lethbridge. One of the passengers scheduled for the early flight heard a lady travelling with 2 small children wanted a early flight but only 1 seat was available. The passenger out of kindness gave up a seat and took the late flight. My aunt in Vancouver heard of the missing flight the next morning and called my dad in a panic to find we had arrived on the early flight. It haunts me to think of the passengers and their families who lost loved ones. The memorial has a special meaning for my sister and I.

By: Harry Warburton

Harry Warburton — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:43:06 +0000

In reply to Michael McLintock. I lived in bridge lake and 100 mile for many years I have never heard of this crash where was it, is there wreckage?

By: Tony Belcher

Tony Belcher — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:13:41 +0000

Were any photos of the wreck site published? I only ask because I wonder how much of the aircraft remained intact.

By: Bill Swift

Bill Swift — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 13:36:13 +0000

Could I point out that you have mistranscribed the name of the English casualty? It should read J H Woolf.
James Hugh Woolf was born in 1913, the son of Edward Samuel Woolf and his wife Alice, nee Swift, and was youngest of 4 sons. He was the joint managing director of E Brain & Co., Foley China Works, Longton, Staffordshire and on a business trip to North America.
His father had died of wounds on the Western Front in 1915. His eldest brother died of natural causes in 1946 and one of his middle brothers was killed 1944 in Cassino, Italy, in air operations whilst serving with the SOE.
So widowed Alice lost three of her four sons in the space of 3 years. She also outlived her last remaining son and died 1972.

By: JOHN MIDDLETON

JOHN MIDDLETON — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:33:44 +0000

my dad norman middleton was close friend of cecil nugent ,he attended cecils wedding as his best man and basically put he and his new bride on the flight in winnipeg , my father has since passed . i thought i would relate this story as norms son i was always intrigued by this story.JOHN MIDDLETON.

By: Karen B

Karen B — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:24:03 +0000

Eve,
I found this article while reading about the Switzer house.
My family has an interesting story about this crash. My mom and eldest sibling ( he was an infant) were flying from Winnipeg to Vancouver and were booked on this flight and another exactly 1 week earlier. She had a large trunk arriving by train so she booked both flights and was going to cancel one depending on the trunk’s exact arrival time. She received a call from her sister-in-law, who lived in Vancouver, to say the trunk had arrived, and she was able to take the earlier flight and cancel the second one which ended up being the crash. In 1994, she heard about the wreckage discovery on her car radio while driving up Taylor Way. She was forever grateful about the timing of the trunk for our family and thought about those who perished.

I always stop at the stone with the names when visiting Rice Lake.
Karen Barnett

By: David Thompson

David Thompson — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:01:59 +0000

Did they find remains or DNA?

By: Lisa Hansen

Lisa Hansen — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:28:13 +0000

In reply to Jan. All 15 are listed on the rock, in 5 rows, with 2 to 4 names per row. Perhaps you saw the 5 rows and didn’t realize how many names per row. May they Rest In Peace.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:03:04 +0000

In reply to Michael McLintock. Yes it remains a mystery, not far from here.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 22:38:07 +0000

Why were there only five passengers listed on the memorial, when there were 15 on the flight?

By: Treva Marton

Treva Marton — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:49:40 +0000

Good morning, I have never seen the memorial. Whereabouts near rice lake is that located?

By: Glenn Scott

Glenn Scott — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:59:27 +0000

In reply to Eve Lazarus.

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19470428-0

This site has cause as Controlled Flight into Terrain, which usually means the pilot did not see the mountain and flew straight into it, i.e. no mechanical problems.

By: Michael McLintock

Michael McLintock — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:20:25 +0000

I also had never heard of this crash , there has certainly been a few around the province….the story about the plane that went down close to 100 Mile House on route from Vancouver to Pr. George , possibly due to a bomb on board also an interesting story..

By: Carol Gordon

Carol Gordon — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:25:36 +0000

Remarkable story and one, for which I knew nothing about until now!

By: James Anderson

James Anderson — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 15:58:16 +0000

But…. I was hoping to learn what happened. Is that known?