7 Air Observers School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Sergeants Cameron, T.A. Botterill, LACs Ernest Hartland (RAF), and Charles Henry White (RAF) were engaged in a navigation exercise and were killed when Anson 6523 hit a tree and crashed three miles south-east of Darlingford, Manitoba killing all aboard.
The senor pilot, Sergeant Thomas Ala Botterill was engaged in some un-authorized low level flying at the time of the accident.
Killed includes Cameron: Sergeant Thomas Ala Botterill RCAF R/118096 Senior Pilot KIFA Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver BC Abray. Block 5. Plot 6. Lot 3. LAC Ernest Hartland RAF KIFA Hillside Cemetery Portage-la- Prairie : Lot 366 Block 2. Grave 2. LAC Charles Henry White RAF KIFA Hillside Cemetery Portage-la-Prairie Lot 366. Block 2. Grave 1.