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Plane that came down during WWI
Plane that came down during WWI

Plane that came down during WWI

Dateapproximately 1916
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Lot 20, Con. 3 West. Finch Ave. This airplane came to grief in one of the fields during World War I. The Wicks family leased a farm on Keele Street south of Rogers Road, near what is now the Downsview airport, and aircraft crashing in the fields was a fairly regular occurrence. 
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DimensionsImage size: 60 mm x 87 mm (2 3/8 in. x 3 7/16 in.)
ProvenanceToronto Public Library. North York Central Library. Canadiana Department. Gift of North York Historical Society.
CollectionLocal History Collection, North York Central Library branch
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberNYHS00678
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:Finch Avenue West
Neighbourhood:Elia-Branson
Province or state:Ontario
WWI memorial at Morrisburg, Ont.
WWI memorial at Morrisburg, Ont.
1955-05
Canadian V.C. Winner, Capt. (now Air Marshal) W. A. Bishop, is shown standing beside his warplane [1917?] in which he eventually became on of the most feared pilots on the western front in World War 1. His early model is a Nieuport aircraft
Canadian V.C. Winner, Capt. (now Air Marshal) W. A. Bishop, is shown standing beside his warplane [1917?] in which he eventually became on of the most feared pilots on the western front in World War 1. His early model is a Nieuport aircraft
Approximately 1917
Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other emergency vehicles litter the Etobicoke Creek valley where the stricken plane came to rest. Cause of th(...)
6/26/1978
Plane skids off runway. A cargo jet loaded with seafood skidded off a runway during heavy rain at Pearson airport yesterday
Plane skids off runway. A cargo jet loaded with seafood skidded off a runway during heavy rain at Pearson airport yesterday
10/31/1989
Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)
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11/25/1968
First man to ditch a jet plane, Flt
First man to ditch a jet plane, Flt
7/26/1946
Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
4/29/1947
The moment of impact as the plane hits and parts fly
The moment of impact as the plane hits and parts fly
1/2/1966
The tail of a twin-engined Cessna plane sticks out of the wrecked Oshawa house of Earl Moore and his wife, Verna, while Police Constable Dave Fitzgera(...)
The tail of a twin-engined Cessna plane sticks out of the wrecked Oshawa house of Earl Moore and his wife, Verna, while Police Constable Dave Fitzgera(...)
12/17/1986
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
12/7/1978
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
12/7/1978
Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake
Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake
1/12/1987