Ventura JT801 Mk. V - Ferry Flight - 1944-01-16 to 1944-01-17
Squadron: 45 (T) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-01-16
Completion Date: 1944-01-17
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Nassau, Bahamas
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Crash City: Brazil
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

45 Group RAF Transport Command, Nassau, Bahamas. Ventura aircraft JT 801 departed Zandery Field Suriname en-route to Belem, Brazil but crashed in a swamp in Brazil with the loss of the three man crew, cause unknown

Wireless Operator Warrant Officer Class 2 GA Flood (RCAF), Navigator Flying Officer RA Wilkins (RCAF) and American Civilian Pilot, Captain PK Herndon, were all missing, presumed 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 page 322

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