Took off from Minot AFB, North Dakota on a ferry flight to RCAF Stn. Estevan, Saskatchewan.
Aircraft crashed at RCAF Estevan do to the pilot failing to remove an elevator locking clamp prior to take off.
Killed includes Cowan:F/Lt Joseph Alphonse Camille Bouchard, RCAF pilot KIFA Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.Flying Officer Raymond Avard Brandser, RCAF (Amer.) pilot KIFA Clay Cemetery, Hawley, Minnesota, USA - Plot 24 Row 2 Grave 1.F/Lt Clifford Somerville Coppin, RCAF pilot KIFA Riverview Cemetery, Kamsack, Saskatchewan Plot 1 Block 6 Grave 7.F/Lt Maurice Crosby Cuthbert, RCAF pilot KIFA Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario Plot South 597 Sec D Grave 1.F/Lt William Murdoch Jackson, RCAF pilot KIFA Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario Sec 31 Lot 285.F/Lt James Pyle Jessee, RCAF pilot KIFA Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, BC Summit Sec Lot 291 Grave 3.Flying Officer Ned Jordan, RCAF pilot KIFA Elmwood Cemetery, Hespeler Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba Lot 416 Sec 12 Grave 4.LAC Vitanos Luke Kirko, RCAF, Ground Crew, KIFA Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario Sec 18 Grave 121.F/Lt Lawrence Victor Kirsch, RCAF pilot KIFA Yorkton Cemetery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan Block 11 Lot 41 Grave A.F/Lt James Stewart Lees, RCAF pilot KIFA Royal Canadian Legion Cemetery, Chilliwack, BC Plot 52 Block C West Row.Flying Officer Robert James McIntyre, RCAF pilot KIFA Greenwood Cemetery, Carman, Manitoba Plot 4 Range 28.F/Lt Robert Cowan McRoberts, RCAF pilot KIFA Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta Lot 105 Block 11 Sec G.F/Lt Louis Eric John Murphy, RCAF pilot KIFA Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario Plot 598 Sec D Grave 1.Flying Officer William Albert Perry, RCAF pilot KIFA St James Cemetery, Kemptville, Ontario Plot 12 Row D.Flying Officer Stephen Pond, RCAF pilot KIFA Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec Sec G944 Grave 548.F/Lt Charles Stanley Wright Proctor, RCAF pilot KIFA Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario Sec R Lot 85 Grave 4.F/Lt Edward Chester Stewart, RCAF pilot KIFA Holden Cemetery, Holden, Alberta Plot 6 Row 1.Flying Officer Max Thomas, RCAF pilot KIFA Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Block K Lot 121 Grave 12955.F/Lt Leonard Edgar Turtle, RCAF pilot KIFA Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Block K Lot 122 Grave 12956.F/Lt William Jacob Louis Weicker, RCAF pilot KIFA St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario Section B Grave 208.