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11 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The crew of Hudson aircraft BW 453 OY-J was part of a four aircraft anti-submarine patrol, returning to base in very poor weather conditions with blowing snow and fog. Two of the aircraft became lost and ran low on fuel. While attempting to land, the Hudson crashed and exploded on impact six miles east of #4 runway at RCAF Station, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with the loss of the entire crew
Flight Sergeant Maurice Metcalf Rowe (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Harold Chester Johnson (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Edgar MacMillan (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant David Ronald Rhea (RCAF) were all killed in action
A second Hudson, BW 653 was abandoned due to being lost and low on fuel but the crew baled safely and were rescued. The third and fourth Hudson's on the patrol both returned to base with their crews, safe
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories in the Canadian Home front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapter 17
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