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.