Marauder HD417 Mk. III - Ferry Flight - 1944-06-03 to 1944-06-03
Squadron: 45 (T) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-06-03
Completion Date: 1944-06-03
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Nassau, Bahamas
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Crash City: Sudan
Crash Specifics: 10 miles east of aerodrome in Khartoum
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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45 Group Transport Command, 113 Wing, Nassau, Bahamas. Having successfully completed a trans-Atlantic crossing and continuing east across Africa, Marauder aircraft HD 417 caught fire in mid-air on approach to Khartoum, Sudan, crash landing ten miles east of the aerodrome, with the loss of the aircraft and entire crew

Flying Officer DC Perkins (RCAF), Flying Officer WG Cantlay (RCAF), Pilot Officer NJ Hodgins (RCAF) andWarrant Officer RG Huxtable (RCAF) were all killed in this flying accident

In Pilot Officer Hodgins record in CVWM there is information that there may have been survivors from the crash of Marauder HD 417: Pilot Officer JB Spencer (RCAF), Flying Officer BW Reed (RCAF) and Pilot Officer R Heggie (RCAF) but have been unable to find info on these airmen or confirm through any other source. Needs to be further researched

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 324

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