Squadron: 45
Start Date: 1943-06-22
Completion Date: 1943-06-22
Mission: Ferry Flight
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Crash City: Atlantic Ocean
Crash Specifics: 5 miles west of Borinquen and 15 miles north west of Deschow Island, Puerto Rico
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45 Group Transport Command. Marauder aircraft FK 129 crashed into the sea 35 miles west of Borinquen and 15 miles north west of Deschow Island, Puerto Rico, during a trans-Atlantic flight with the loss of the entire crew, cause unknown
Canadian Civilian Radio Officer PA Vickery, Navigator Warrant Officer Class 2 RE Mudie (RAAF) and two American Civilians Pilots, BC Miller and LL Burchfield were all missing, preumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 319-20
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