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1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), Camp Borden, Ontario. Nomad 3503 had gone missing after encountering poor weather conditions during a formation training flight with two other aircraft from Camp Borden on 12 December 1940. Nomad aircraft 3512 and 3521 were assigned the following day to execute a search along the projected flight path of the missing aircraft, in good flying conditions. They took off with experienced crews at 09:10 hours and were later spotted flying at about 700 feet over Lake Muskoka, flying in close formation when a mid-air collision caused both aircraft to crash into the lake
Leading Aircraftman Theodore Scribner Bates (RCAF) and Flight Lieutenant Peter Campbell (RAF) were both killed
The wreckage of Nomad 3521 was located in July 2010 using side-scan sonar. The Royal Canadian Navy's Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) recovered the remains and personal effects of Leading Aircraftman Bates and Flight Lieutenant Campbell in October 2012, as well as some parts of the aircraft. The main portion of the aircraft wreckage was recovered on October 29, 2014
In September 2013, both airmen were laid to rest side by side at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Guelph, Ontario
Camp Borden Birthplace of the RCAF by 16 Wing page 115
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-12-13
Royal Air Force serial and Image Database
Recovering Nomad 3512: 72 Years Lost Beneath Lake Muskoka - YouTube
