Took off from Bicester on a routine cross-country training flight including a route over the sea.
Aircraft crashed in the North Sea near Ameland, Friesland, Holland.
Killed: Sergeant Thomas Alvin Crawford RCAF pilot R/87315 KIFA Nes General Cemetery, Ameland, Holland Plot D. Row 15. Grave 17. Sergeant Donald John McKenzie RNZAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 117. Flight Sergeant Wesley Newell Ward RAF KIFA Runnymede Memorial Panel 76.