Squadron: 45 (T) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-03-01
Completion Date: 1944-03-06
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Dorval, Quebec
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Crash City: Atlantic Ocean
Crash Specifics: unspecified between Gander Newfoundland and Reykjavik, Iceland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
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45 Group RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec. Dakota III aircraft KG 446 lost between Gander, Newfoundland and Reykjavik, Iceland, cause unknown
Navigator Pilot Officer KW Raper (RCAF), Pilot Sergeant JG Bruen (RAVRF) and Radio Officer Sergeant A Thorpe (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in this flying accident
The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial
span class="citation">Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 323
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