Currie, Ewen Cameron (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Airborne from Sigiriya at 05:20 on an anti-sub search. Crashed two minutes later. The takeoff was normal, but at 600 feet the aircraft, in a starboard turn, dove into the jungle. The depth charges exploded and the aircraft burned out.

Killed includes Currie: Warrant Officer Class 2 Archie Earl Ferguson RCAF R/131186 KIA Commemorated, Kandy War Cemetery, Sri Lanka, Plot 1. Row C. Grave 2. Warrant Officer Class 2 Wilford Clay Love (Amer.) RCAF R/125492 pilot KIA Kandy War Cemetery, Plot 2. Row C. Grave 2. WO Roy William MacDonald RCAF R/85926 KIA Kandy War Cemetery, Plot 1. Row C. Grave 3. Flying Officer Kenneth Frederick Perera RCAF J/14652 KIA Kandy War Cemetery, Plot 2. Row D. Grave 6. Warrant Officer Class 2 George Michael Frederick Stockwell RCAF R/129291 KIA Kandy War Cemetery, Plot 1. Row B. Grave 5. Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Davie RAF KIA Kandy War Cemetery. Flight Sergeant Dennis Kirk RAF KIA Kandy War Cemetery.