Aircraft developed engine trouble soon after takeoff from Moray Firth and crashed and burned on the railway tracks 2 miles NE of Invergordon, Scotland, killing all on board.
Killed includes Cosgrove:Sergeant Donald Charles Beattie RCAF R/257841 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Harrowgate, Yorkshire Sec. C. Row C. Grave 12.F/Lt William Fedoruk RCAF J/43270 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Coll. grave 8.Sergeant Milton Lynn Hill RCAF R/197558 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Grave 6.Flying Officer Garth Borland Johnson RCAF J/27083 pilot KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Coll. grave 8.F/Lt John Alfred Johnson RCAF J/6940 pilot KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Grave 2.Flying Officer Charles Marland Kendall RCAF J/38581 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Grave 4.Warrant Officer Class 1 Clare Kinton RCAF R/83542 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Grave 10.Warrant Officer Class 2 Frederick John Peters RCAF R/172885 KIA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Grave 5.WO1James Edward Porret RCAF R/50873 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Coll. grave 8.Flying Officer John Hodgson Shand RCAF J/18733 KIFA Stonefall Cemetery Sec. G. Row C. Grave 3.