LH2572 Airplane crash - downtown
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white image of a plane held by hydro wires on top of the buildings on the north side of King Street West, just west of the four corners at King and Simcoe Streets.
The photo is taken from just east of the intersection, facing west. - Notes
- A JN-4, attempting a forced landing on Oshawa's main street on 22 April 1918, became entangled with telephone wires and pinned near the top of a store front where it remained suspended for several hours. The uninjured pilot, Cadet Weiss, was part of an ambitious flight training program initiated by the Royal Flying Corps to train Canadians to fly during World War I.
- Date of Original
- April 22, 1918
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- LH2572
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.90012 Longitude: -78.84957
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- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Oshawa Public Libraries; McLaughlin Branch - 65 Bagot Street, Oshawa, ON L1H 1N2
- Terms of Use
- please credit Oshawa Public Libraries, Local History Collection
- Contact
- Oshawa Public LibrariesEmail:nadams@oshawalibrary.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
Nicole Adams, Local History and Genealogy Librarian
65 Bagot Street
Oshawa, ON L1H 1N2
905-579-6111 EXT 5253
