8 Wellingtons from 432 squadron were ordered out on a sea search. They were unsuccessful and returned to base. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
10 North Atlantic (BR) Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Liberator V aircraft 3701 H flying from Gander, Newfoundland to Mont Joli, Quebec was redirected to Dorval, Quebec due to poor weather conditions at Mont Joli. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft before it crashed and burned on the west side of the 2,500 foot foothill of Black Mountain, Quebec. A search at the time of the crash failed to find the crash site. The wreckage of the aircraft and remains of the 24 casualties was not located until 1946-06-20. A Memorial Cairn was erected on the Black Mountain crash site in memory of those who lost their lives there
Flight Crew: Sgt WG MacNaughton MiD (RCAF), F/L JA Poirier (RCAF), F/O SA Sanderson AFM (RCAF), WO2 JA Barabonoff (RCAF), WO1 J Silverstein MiD (RCAF), P/O RW MacDonald MiD (RCAF)
Passengers: F/L RF Fisher MiD (RCAF), WO1 W Howlett (RCAF), WO1 FE Jenkins (RCAF), Cpl HD Beattie (RCAF), Cpl RD Marr (RCAF), Cpl HK Hambly (RCAF), Cpl AC Johnston (RCAF), P/O J Lamont MiD (RCAF), LAC CL Dynes (RCAF), LAC GR Patterson (RCAF), LAC AJ Radcliffe (RCAF), LAC EW Read (RCAF)(USA), Sgt FH Elliott (RCAF)(USA), Sgt EM Finn (RCAF), LAC JAJP Veilleux (RCAF), FS RF Ware (RCAF), Sgt SA Wood (RCAF) and F/O JS Johnston MiD (RCAF) were all killed in this flying accident
All were buried at the crash site where the cairn stands in their honour until 1985, when the crews remains were exhumed and moved to a cemetery St. Donat, Quebec due to vandalism at the crash site. Detail provided by C Lambert
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