Took off from Pershore with 14 other transport aircraft on a troop transport flight to Karachi, India. The first stop was to have been Cagliari, Sardinia.
The DC-3 strayed off course due to bad weather into Germany, where it was shot down by a fighter aircraft. All aboard the aircraft were killed.
Killed includes Chevrier:Corp. James Ernest Allen RCAF R/116919 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. K. 23.LAC Lawrence Irwin Beach RCAF R/53101 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.Sergeant George Beckoff RAAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC Oliver Eugene Debs Bergen RCAF R/198657 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. K. 22.LAC Robert Thomas Burden RCAF R/163109 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.Corp. William Howard Campbell RCAF R/72053 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC Joseph Robert Marcel Armand Couturier RCAF R/174379 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.Corp. James Cumming RCAF R/10195A KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC Frederick Robert Leigh Gates RCAF R/150018 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. A. 18-19.LAC Maxwell James Foch Good RCAF R/169520 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 19. A. 18-19.Sergeant Walter Francis Hughes RCAF R/58248 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.Corp. Howard John Hunter RCAF R/159360 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. K. 25.F/Lt Ralph Korer RAF pilot KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC Fred Larson Kristensen RCAF R/191794 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC William John Scott Lundy RCAF R/194702 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC Donald John MacDonald RCAF R/176956 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.Corp. Lorne Hamilton Moreau RCAF P/10407 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.AC1 John Dunlop McVie RCAF R/258359 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.Corp. Frederick William Sargeant RCAF R/212995 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC John Cyril Sutherland RCAF R/72988 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. K. 24.Pilot Officer Lionel Alfred Veary RAF Nav KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.LAC Henry Studwell Watson RCAF R/270640 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.