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On November 30, 1942 at 1134 hrs. GMT, Boston BZ 277, Pilot, S/L Morrow, Navigator, P/O
Tamhlym, Radio Operator, F/S McLaughlin, took off from Gander on Ferry Flight to U.K. At
1137 hrs. course was set to B.W.I Greenland with a flight plan of 3 hrs and 12 mins. The aircraft
crashed at Conche, Newfoundland at 1900 hrs GMT. The cause of the crash was that the aircraft
was short of petrol and the crew not sure of their position off Newfoundland Coast. The
Navigator bailed out and was unhurt. The Pilot and Radio Operator crash landed the aircraft and
also were unhurt except for minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed and salvage carried out .

The salvage was begun by aircraft crew and completed by the crew of the RCAF L.K. Sweeney
under Captain Howell. Local labor was also employed in the cutting of all connections and engine
bearers. Tearing out the wings and loading onto log skider and dragging by man power one mile
over a meadow to a dock for loading.

The Pilot, S/L Morrow made arrangements with Father William Hennebury, the R.C. Priest in
Conche to supervise the cutting up of the airframe into the wings, fuselage, tail planes etc. and
their removal to the local dock ready for shipment later in the month or early the following
Spring. James Flynn and Ambrose Flynn of Conche, who lived near the site of the aircraft, were
appointed guards of the aircraft. Sixty three years later the aircraft still rests in the same location.

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