Ventura AJ450 Mk. II - Ferry Flight - 1942-10-07 to 1942-10-08
Squadron: Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-10-07
Completion Date: 1942-10-08
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Dorval, Quebec
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Crash City: Atlantic Ocean
Crash Specifics: unspecified
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Ventura II aircraft AJ 450 was lost on a trans-Atlantic delivery flight to the UK out of Gander, Newfoundland, cause unknown

Sergeant JRW Grant (RCAF), Sergeant DF Jupp (RAFVR), Sergeant TG Knowles (RAFVR) and Sergeant D Wallsh (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 314

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