Squadron: 45 (T) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-08-27
Completion Date: 1942-08-28
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Gander, Newfoundland
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Crash City: Atlantic Ocean
Crash Specifics: off the coast of Ireland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: engine
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45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Ventura II aircraft AE917, originating out of Gander Newfoundland, sent out a distress call after an engine failure as it approached the coast of Ireland. No more was heard from the aircraft and it crashed at sea at an unknown location
The two pilots, Pilot Officer CD Findlay (RAFVR) and Sergeant RM Alexander (RAFVR) were missing presumed killed in this flying accident. The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
The bodies of Navigator Pilot Officer J McCubbin (RAFVR) and Wireless Operator Sergeant FA Weaver (RNZAF) washed ashore and were recovered to be buried in cemeteries in Ireland
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 314
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