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412 Squadron RCAF Station Rockcliffe. Known as the VIP Squadron, 412 Squadron transported dignitaries and "Very Important People". Expeditor aircraft 1425 departed RCAF Station Rockcliffe for a flight to RCAF Station Chatham and vanished with seven passengers and crew aboard. The wreckage of the aircraft and remains of the crew were not found until August 30,1955, in a heavily wooded area, some 65 miles west of Chatham, New Brunswick
Flight Lieutenant J F Thomas (RCAF), Flying Officer K Hinde (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman J T C Cavanagh (RCAF), Wing Commander B H Beck (RCAF), Wing Commander J H Drury (RCAF), Squadron Leader F W Darnell (RCAF) and civilian passenger L C Parkes were all killed in this flying accident
Expeditor 1425 was the last of 44 ordered by the RCAF, the surviving aircraft were converted to 3T military trainer configuration in 1952
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