Canso FP209 - Ferry Flight - 1942-11-11 to 1942-11-12
Squadron: Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-11-11
Completion Date: 1942-11-12
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Bermuda
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: Pirate Harbour, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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RAF Ferry Command. Canso I aircraft FP 209, flying out of Bermuda, crashed in the Strait of Canso, catching fire near the CNR wharf at Pirate Harbour, Mulgrave, Nova Scotia with the loss of four of the six aircrew aboard

Pilot Officer SF Fairbairn (RCAF), Sergeant NJ Cheney (RNZAF), Canadian Civilian, DLD DeBretigny and British Civilian pilot Captain RH Sandeman, were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known grave

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Pilot Officer Fairbairn and Sergeant Cheney are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial

DLD DeBretigny and RHM Sandeman are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 315,358

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