Dakota KN409 Mk. lV - Ferry Flight - 1945-03-28 to 1945-03-28
Squadron: 45 (T) Group (RAF)
Start Date: 1945-03-28
Completion Date: 1945-03-28
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Dorval, Quebec
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Crash City: Firth of Clyde, Scotland
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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45 Group RAF Transport Command Dorval, Quebec. Dakota IV aircraft KN 409 crashed on approach to Prestwick, Scotland during a trans-Atlantic ferry flight after a stopover in Reykjavik, Iceland. The aircraft was last heard from on approach to Prestwick and crashed crashed into the Firth of Clyde, 4 miles west of Irvine with no trace of the aircrew being found

Pilot/1st Officer Flying Officer JW Newman (RCAF), Pilot Captain Flight Lieutenant HR Hannaford DFC (RAAF), FS A Jamieson (RAFVR) and Warrant Officer Class 2 P Lavin (RAFVR) were missing, presumed killed in this flying accident

The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Ottawa War Memorial

span class="citation">Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 328,396/span>

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unvetted Source Off Scotland. Amendment No: 45- April 2019

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