Mosquito KA316 FB.Mk. 26 - Aircraft Ferrying - 1945-07-01 to 1945-07-01
Squadron: 45 (T) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1945-07-01
Completion Date: 1945-07-01
Mission: Aircraft Ferrying
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Dorval, Quebec
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: six miles south-west of Mont Joli, Quebec
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: engine
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War Diary Unavailable
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45 Group RAF Transport Command. Mosquito FB26 aircraft KA 316 was making a one engine approach to the airfield after the port engine failed on a ferry training flight, lost height on the last turn and the tail wheel struck a fence. The aircraft somersaulted, crashed and burned six miles south-west of Mont Joli, Quebec

Navigator/Wireless Operator Flight Lieutenant VJ Sopuck (RCAF) and Pilot, Warrant Officer Class 1 SG Witherspoon (RAFVR), both members of 6 Ferry Unit, were killed in this flying accident

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 329

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