Squadron: Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-12-08
Completion Date: 1942-12-08
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Gander, Newfoundland
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Crash City: Atlantic Ocean
Crash Specifics: unspecified
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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RAF Ferry Command, Gander Newfoundland. Boston aircraft BZ 247 was lost out of Gander during a trans-Atlantic ferry flight to the UK with the loss of the entire crew, cause unknown
Canadian Civilian Pilot A Cowitz, Navigator Pilot Officer RR Hustwaite (RAF) and Canadian Civilian Radio Officer RL Abernethy 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 316
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