Aircraft crashed on take-off when it went out of control and crashed into the sea off Millom.
A fisherman came on the scene and rescued one of the occupants(Pilot Officer Crump) who sadly died later that day. while three other occupants were killed. According to some witnesses, the aircraft was on fire before it crashed.
Killed includes Crump: Sergeant William Johnston Peggie RCAF R/60617 pilot KIFA Abbotshall Parish Churchyard, Grave 98 North. Pilot Officer William Marcus Pepper RCAF J/8618 KIFA St. Luke Churchyard, Haverigg, Grave 429. Sergeant Arthur Gibbons RAF KIFA St. John Church Crosscanonby, Grave 143.