45 Delivery Group, RAF Transport Command, Dorval, Quebec.
Liberator Mk VI KL-386, on-route to the Middle East, made a refueling stop in Bermuda. The aircraft crashed and burned in shallow water one mile west of the aerodrome while taking off from Kindley Field, Bermuda on the next leg of the delivery flight. The crew were all killed
Killed: Flying Officer W A Coott RCAF, Can, Nav. Flight Sergeant A C A Grace, RAF, Brit, FE Hugh Murray Martin Can. civilian Pilot Edward Craig Talbot Can. civ. Rad.Op Jean-Paul Lagadec Can.civ. 2-pil
Ocean Bridge The History of RAF Ferry Command, Appendix B page 326 and The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton