Hudson Mk VI FK-715 crashed immediately after take-off from the airbase at Blida, Algeria on a communications flight. There were no survivors
Killed includes Carter: Flight Sergeant Frederick George Addis RNZAF pilot KIA El Alia Cemetery Algeria grave 12. G. 24. LAC Stanley Goddard RAF KIA El Alia Cemetery grave 12. G. 19. Sergeant Benjamin Grimes RAF KIA El Alia Cemetery grave 12. G. 21. Sergeant James Locke Johnston RCAF R/102632 KIA El Alia Cemetery grave 12. G. 20. Flight Sergeant Frederick Donald Thomson RNZAF KIA El Alia Cemetery grave 12. G. 23. LAC Norman Wood RAF KIA El Alia Cemetery grave 12. G. 18.