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1941 American Airlines Crash in Lawrence Station
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 2015
- Accession Number
- 2016-09
- Storage Location
- R13 S3 Sh3 B4 F1
American Airlines Crash, Lawrence Station, Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Location
- Box 216, File 3 1
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- Box 216, File 3 1
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Publication
- Posted on Facebook and Twitter as an #ElginPlaces feature: February 9, 2022.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- History / Biographical
- According to an article published in the St. Thomas Times Journal, October 31, 1941, p. 1, "Canada's worst aviation disaster" occurred when an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane crashed just after 10 P.M. on October 30, 1941 in a field near Shedden, Ontario, just east of Lawrence Station, 15 miles northwest of St. Thomas. The plane was on a regularly scheduled flight between Buffalo and Detroit. All twenty people on board - 17 passengers and 3 crew - were killed. Wing Commander Douglas D. Joy, district inspector of civil aviation for Toronto District, was appointed to head a board of inquiry investigating the accident.
- Custodial History
- Len Sifton from the Sifton Funeral home, represented one of the funeral homes that helped in coordinating the retrieval and processing of the crash victims. Photographs were donated to the Elgin County Archives in October 2018.
- Scope and Content
- Sepia toned glossy print showing the wreckage of an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane that crashed near Shedden, Ontario on October 30, 1941, killing twenty people. Shows the plane's fuselage and tail.
- Name Access
- Shedden (Ont.)
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
- Website / Street View Notes
- Link directs to a Facebook post featuring the image.
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American Airlines Crash, Lawrence Station, Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Location
- Box 216, File 3 2
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- Box 216, File 3 2
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Publication
- Posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: February 5, 2021.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- History / Biographical
- According to an article published in the St. Thomas Times Journal, October 31, 1941, p. 1, "Canada's worst aviation disaster" occurred when an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane crashed just after 10 P.M. on October 30, 1941 in a field near Shedden, Ontario, just east of Lawrence Station, 15 miles northwest of St. Thomas. The plane was on a regularly scheduled flight between Buffalo and Detroit. All twenty people on board - 17 passengers and 3 crew - were killed. Wing Commander Douglas D. Joy, district inspector of civil aviation for Toronto District, was appointed to head a board of inquiry investigating the accident.
- Custodial History
- Len Sifton from the Sifton Funeral home, represented one of the funeral homes that helped in coordinating the retrieval and processing of the crash victims. Photographs were donated to the Elgin County Archives in October 2018.
- Scope and Content
- Sepia toned glossy print showing the wreckage of an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane that crashed near Shedden, Ontario on October 30, 1941, killing twenty people. Shows the plane's fuselage and tail.
- Name Access
- Shedden (Ont.)
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
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American Airlines Crash, Lawrence Station, Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Location
- Box 216, File 3 3
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- Box 216, File 3 3
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Publication
- Posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: December 13, 2022.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- History / Biographical
- According to an article published in the St. Thomas Times Journal, October 31, 1941, p. 1, "Canada's worst aviation disaster" occurred when an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane crashed just after 10 P.M. on October 30, 1941 in a field near Shedden, Ontario, just east of Lawrence Station, 15 miles northwest of St. Thomas. The plane was on a regularly scheduled flight between Buffalo and Detroit. All twenty people on board - 17 passengers and 3 crew - were killed. Wing Commander Douglas D. Joy, district inspector of civil aviation for Toronto District, was appointed to head a board of inquiry investigating the accident.
- Custodial History
- Len Sifton from the Sifton Funeral home, represented one of the funeral homes that helped in coordinating the retrieval and processing of the crash victims. Photographs were donated to the Elgin County Archives in October 2018.
- Scope and Content
- Sepia toned glossy print showing the wreckage of an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane that crashed near Shedden, Ontario on October 30, 1941, killing twenty people. Shows the plane's fuselage and tail.
- Name Access
- Shedden (Ont.)
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
- Website / Street View Notes
- Link directs to a Facebook post featuring the image.
Less detail
American Airlines Crash, Lawrence Station, Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Location
- Box 216. File 3 4
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Vertical File Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-13
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- Box 216. File 3 4
- R11 S4 Sh5 B2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- History / Biographical
- According to an article published in the St. Thomas Times Journal, October 31, 1941, p. 1, "Canada's worst aviation disaster" occurred when an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane crashed just after 10 P.M. on October 30, 1941 in a field near Shedden, Ontario, just east of Lawrence Station, 15 miles northwest of St. Thomas. The plane was on a regularly scheduled flight between Buffalo and Detroit. All twenty people on board - 17 passengers and 3 crew - were killed. Wing Commander Douglas D. Joy, district inspector of civil aviation for Toronto District, was appointed to head a board of inquiry investigating the accident.
- Custodial History
- Len Sifton from the Sifton Funeral home, represented one of the funeral homes that helped in coordinating the retrieval and processing of the crash victims. Photographs were donated to the Elgin County Archives in October 2018.
- Scope and Content
- Sepia toned glossy print showing the wreckage of an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane that crashed near Shedden, Ontario on October 30, 1941, killing twenty people. Shows the plane's fuselage and tail.
- Name Access
- Shedden (Ont.)
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
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American Airlines Crash, Shedden Ontario
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Accession Number
- 2005-10
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B4 F3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- P 74
- Accession Number
- 2005-10
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C3 Sh5 B4 F3
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1941
- Publication
- Published in "Harvest of Memories: Elgin's History Through a Photographer's Lens-Volume II" on page 104.
- Published in the St. Thomas Times-Journal Bygone Days feature, and on the Archives flickr site, May 23, 2014: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincountyarchives/14090369690/in/photostream/.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 20 x 25 cm
- History / Biographical
- According to an article published in the St. Thomas Times Journal, October 31, 1941, p. 1, "Canada's worst aviation disaster" occurred when an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane crashed just after 10 P.M. on October 30, 1941 in a field near Shedden, Ontario, just east of Lawrence Station, 15 miles northwest of St. Thomas. The plane was on a regularly scheduled flight between Buffalo and Detroit. All twenty people on board - 17 passengers and 3 crew - were killed. Wing Commander Douglas D. Joy, district inspector of civil aviation for Toronto District, was appointed to head a board of inquiry investigating the accident.
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the collection of the London Room, London Public Library (reference number PG F 457). Donated to the London Room by Florence Bradshaw, April 23, 1993.
- Scope and Content
- Sepia toned glossy print showing the wreckage of an American Airlines Douglas DC-3 transport plane that crashed near Shedden, Ontario on October 30, 1941, killing twenty people. Shows the plane's fuselage and tail, military and civilian investigators, armed military personnel in uniform guarding the site, and blankets covering what may be stretchers bearing bodies.
- Name Access
- Shedden (Ont.)
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
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CF-CEJ Plane Crash in Port Burwell
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1936-1941
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1a
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1b
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1c
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1d
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- File Number
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1a
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1b
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1c
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 1d
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1936-1941
- Series
- Ken Verrell Collection - Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 9.5 x 13.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- The plane was built in the United Kingdom and was owned by the Department of National Defence - London Flying Club.
- Scope and Content
- Views of a plane crash that occurred in Port Burwell, Ontario in circa 1936-1941 involving a jet, CF-CEJ.
- Name Access
- Canadian Forces
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
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'Elgin Air Disasters'
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Accession Number
- 99-11
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh3 B1 F3
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-11
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh3 B1 F3
- GMD
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- -newspaper clippings related to air disasters which occurred in Elgin County.
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
Less detail
Final Descent: The Loss of the Flagship Erie
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Reference Room Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 2014
- Storage Location
- REF 24
October 30, 1941 Plane Crash - American Airlines DC-3 Crash near Lawrence Station
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- October 17, 1981
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- W7 B4 F6 1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W7 B4 F6 1
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- October 17, 1981
- Series
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - October 30, 1941 Plane Crash file
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.9 x 16.1 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.8 x 7.6 cm
- 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published October 17, 1981 with caption: "The Wreckage - American Airlines DC-3 became a fiery coffin for 20 aboard when the airliner - a giant machine in the sensibility of the day - slammed into an oatfield. Inquiry into disaster adjourned to U.S. without finding cause and a Transport Canada spokesman said Thursday no record was kept in Canada of the findings." (1a)
- Black and white photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published on October 17, 1981 with caption: "Eyewitnesses - Arthur Oldham, centre, his uncle, James, and cousin, Wilbur, heard airliner circle three times overhead, then crash nearby." (1b)
- Name Access
- Southwold (Ont. : Township)
- Lawrence Station (Ont.)
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Air Disasters
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Photographs - Plane Crashes
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1936-1943
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- File
- File Number
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1936-1943
- Series
- Ken Verrell Collection - Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of plane crashes that occurred in Elgin County, including in Port Burwell and Yarmouth Centre.
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
Less detail
Plane Crash in Yarmouth Centre
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1943
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 2
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- File Number
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B8 F7 2
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1943
- Series
- Ken Verrell Collection - Photographs series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- The plane was built in the United Kingdom and was owned by the Department of National Defence - London Flying Club.
- Scope and Content
- View of a plane crash in Yarmouth Centre, 1943. Verso has the following note: "Bad landing at Yarmouth Centre 1943".
- Name Access
- Canadian Forces
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
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Profile Photographs, General Interest - Mrs. Gordon Hooper
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1965
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R8 S4 Sh4 B5 67
'St. Thomas Airport'
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Accession Number
- 99-11
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh3 B1 F24
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Hugh Sims fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 99-11
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R6 S5 Sh3 B1 F24
- GMD
- textual records
- Scope and Content
- - newspaper clippings related to the St. Thomas Airport.
- Subject Access
- Air Disasters
- Airports
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