Ventura AE729 Mk. I - Ferry Flight - 1942-10-26 to 1942-10-26
Squadron: 5 Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-10-26
Completion Date: 1942-10-26
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Dorval, Quebec
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: two miles east of the aerodrome at Dorval, Quebec
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Ventura aircraft AE 729 had just taken off in poor weather conditions for a flight to Goose Bay, Labrador when it experienced an engine failure, stalled and crashed two miles east of the aerodrome with the loss of all 16 passengers and crew aboard

Crew: American Civilian Pilot Captain CF Kaiser and Canadian Civilian Radio Officer AH Down

Canadian Civilian Passengers: MJ Miles, HS Millen, HC "Bert" Coke and JT Barry were all contractors travelling to Goose Bay to install new equipment for the new airport at Goose Bay, Labrador

Military Passengers: Cpl CT Christopherson (RCAF), Cpl MJ Kasey (RCAF) and eight RCAF Leading Aircraftmen assigned to Goose Bay as radio operators: VF Peebles, LV Sparkes, JF Carr, KD Campbell, PJ Tennant, DA Abbott, BE Malone and WB Danielson

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 257, 314, 394

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