Cotter, John James (Flying Officer)

RCAF Headquarters Communication Flight.

Took off from Rockcliffe tasked to fly the Canadian Defense Minister Norman McLeod Rogers, from Ottawa to Toronto.

As time passed the weather deteriorated with a low cloud ceiling and heavy rain. The pilot was flying below the cloud looking for a safe landing ground when the aircraft struck a tree near Newtonville, Ontario at 12:15, and crashed, killing all on board.

Killed:AC1 Oscar David Brownfield, RCAF, R/51048, KIFA, Big River Cemetery, Big River Saskatchewan.Flying Officer John James Cotter RCAF C/1588 KIFA Holy Cross RC Cemetery, Halifax NS..AC1 James Edward Nesbitt RCAF R/51105 KIFA Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon Saskatchewan.Norman McLeod Rogers, born Amherst NS, 1894-07-25, professor at Queens University Kingston and later federal MP for Kingston and the Islands, KIFA, burial place not listed.