Squadron: 45 (Ferry) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-03-10
Completion Date: 1943-03-10
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Dorval, Quebec
Take Off Time: 10:17:00
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: Goose Bay, Labrador
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: engine
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group March 10, 1943
11 Wellingtons from 426, 429, and 431 Squadrons were ordered on a sea search. All returned to base, unsuccessful. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Boston IIIa aircraft BZ385 lost out of Goose Bay, Labrador on a trans-Atlantic ferry flight to the UK. Twelve minutes after take-off, an engine malfunction caused the pilot to attempt to return to the aerodrome. The aircraft stalled in the turn and crashed at Goose Bay with the loss of the three crew members
Canadian civilian Radio Officer A Befus, Navigator, Pilot Officer A S Campbell (RAAF) and American civilian Pilot K W Quayle were all killed in this flying accident
Ocean bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie, page 318
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