Date:	Friday 25 September 1942
Time:
Type:	Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIA
Owner/operator:	11 (BR) Sqn RCAF
Registration:	BW454
MSN:	L-214
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Nova Scotia coast -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RCAF Dartmouth, NS
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 25 September 1942, the Hudson BW454 of 11 (BR) Sqn RCAF Took off at 05:45 hrs from RCAF Dartmouth for an anisubmarine patrol mission but failed to return. Other aircraft were sent on search for it but without success. The five crew disappeared with it and are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial.
Crew (all lost at sea) All killed:
F/Lt Arthur Roland BOOTH (pilot) RCAF
P/O David Mcgilivray Knowles (obs.) RCAF
P/O Walter Lawrence JUNGE (obs.) RAAF
P/O Charles Gordon Sawyer (WOp/AG) RCAF
F/Sgt John Douglas Selig (WOp/AG) RCAF

11 (BR) Sqn RCAF ORB (https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12240/903?r=0&s=4)
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BW454
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_BW300_BW600_detailed.html
Ottawa Citizen, 29 September 1942, page 8 (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19420929&printsec=frontpage&hl=fr)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Jan-2018 22:18	TB	Added
26-Sep-2021 19:18	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
05-Jun-2024 15:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]