Aircraft allocated to India but on takeoff from Dorval on delivery flight by 6FU undercarriage retracted prematurely, one propeller hit the runway and flew off, the engine cut and the aircraft crashed.
Killed:Sergeant Geoffrey Frank Buers RAF KIA Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal Sec. G.943. Grave 468.Flight Sergeant George Edward Chappell RAF KIA (Mount Royal Cemetery Sec. G.943. Grave 467.Sergeant Allan Thomas Furness RAF KIA Old Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery Plot 356. Sec. B.Sergeant Ivor Ralph Platt RAF KIA Baron De Hirsch Memorial Park, Montreal Sec. 25. Plot 21.Flying Officer Derrick William Southwell RAF KIA Mount Royal Cemetery Sec. G.943. Grave 465.Flying Officer John Albert Winkley RAF KIA Mount Royal Cemetery Sec. G.943. Grave 466.