Squadron: (Ferry) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1942-01-25
Completion Date: 1942-01-26
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Crash City: McGregor Manitoba
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Crash Reason: weather
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Group Photo - This picture was taken on the day of the crash of their Lockheed 10A near Macgregor, Manitoba with 7 fatalities. Member of the crew were No.3 L.A.C. Thomas Cecil Bate (RCAF) R/56779, No.6 Flt/Lft William John Dyson (RCAF) C/2002, No. 8 F/Off John Henry Thrift (RCAF) C/7258, No.9 Sergeant William Frederick Field (RCAF) R/50819. Sergeant Arthur Reginald Read Lane(Aux/RAF) No.1 in the photo. The other two fatalities were Sergeant Harold William Holland (RAF) No.2 in the photo and Flt Sergeant John Leslie Clark (RAF) No.10 in the photo.
124 Ferry Squadron, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lockheed 10A aircraft 7841 was returning to Winnipeg carrying airmen who had ferried aircraft to various stations in Western Manitoba and encountered a snow storm. The aircraft crashed near MacGregor, Manitoba, Warrant Officer W.F. Field, Leading Aircraftman T.C. Bate, Flight Lieutenant W.J. Dyson, Sergeants J.L. Clark (RAF), H.M. Holland (RAF), and A.R. Lane (RAF) were also killed.
