Took off from Gibraltar to practice rocket firing at targets in the sea.
Aircraft crashed into the sea 15 miles east of Gibraltar during the practice.
Killed includes Cotter: Flight Sergeant Stanley Maynard Craig RCAF R/125457 KIFA Malta Memorial Panel 11, Column 1. Flight Sergeant Gordon John McFadyean RAF KIFA Malta Memorial Panel 7, Column 2. Flight Sergeant Paul Newns RAF KIFA Malta Memorial Panel 7, Column 2.