Liberator 411119 B-24D-CO - Ferry Flight - 1942-04-24 to 1942-04-25
Squadron: (Ferry) Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-04-24
Completion Date: 1942-04-25
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Gander, Newfoundland
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Crash City: Atlantic Ocean
Crash Specifics: Bay of Donegal off the west coast of Ireland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

RAF Ferry Command B-24D Liberator aircraft (US) 41-1119 was engaged in a ferry flight out of Gander, Newfoundland, was missing on a ferry flight to Prestwick, Scotland. The Liberator was lost without a trace over the Bay of Donegal off the west coast of Ireland

Pilot, Group Captain H R Carefoot (RCAF), 2nd Pilot, Wing Commander M J C Stanley (RAF), Navigator, Pilot Officer W G J Woodmason DFC (RAF), Canadian civilian Radio Officer L B Doherty and Canadian civilian Flight Engineer H I Douglas were missing presumed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known grave. Carefoot, Stanley and Woodmason are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial. Douherty and Douglas are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

The missing have no known grave

Carefoot, Woodmason and Stanley are commemorated on the Ottawa War Memorial

Douglas and Doherty are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 312

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