45 Group Transport Command, 113 Wing, Nassau, Bahamas. Having successfully completed a trans-Atlantic crossing and continuing east across Africa, Marauder aircraft HD 417 caught fire in mid-air on approach to Khartoum, Sudan, crash landing ten miles east of the aerodrome, with the loss of the aircraft and entire crew
F/O DC Perkins (RCAF), F/O WG Cantlay (RCAF), P/O NJ Hodgins (RCAF) and WO RG Huxtable (RCAF) were all killed in this flying accident
Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie page 324
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