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RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Hudson aircraft AM 940 lost out of Gander, Newfoundland on a trans-Atlantic ferry flight to the UK. A last radio signal was received indicating that the crew had a serious problem and then no further contact was made, the aircraft and crew lost in the North Atlantic Ocean
Pilot Flying Officer HW Oldham (RCAF), Observer Sergeant WR Lance (RCAF) and Canadian civilian Radio Officer CH Small (Nfld) were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave. Flying Officer Oldham and Sergeant Lance are commemorated on the Ottawa War Memorial. Ottawa, Ontario. CH Small is commemorated in the United Kingdom Book of Remembrance
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 311, 390n33
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