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The crew of Digby Mk I 739 were engaged in guarding a convoy as it passed through the Strait of Belle Isle when they crashed in the Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland.
Aircraft failed to return. Wreckage was not found until August 1956, when it was found by RCMP Beaver CF-MPN, 20 miles east of Port Saunders, Newfoundland and a demolition party had to destroy some unexploded depth charges that were strewn among the wreckage before the bodies of the crew could be brought out for burial. All were buried with full military honours.
Killed: Pilot Officer D E Corey RCAF J/9325 KIFA Pilot Officer G T Crerar RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer E J Padden RCAF KIFA Pilot Officer S S Stubbs RCAF KIFA Sergeant T H Few RCAF KIFA Flight Sergeant C H Finnis RCAF KIFA
