On the 3rd of June 1943 this aircraft took off from Iceland to fly to Prestwick, Scotland. It was one of a number being ferried across the Atlantic from the USA, via Canada, Greenland and Iceland to the UK for use by the 8th Air Force in the UK. Their final ferrying destination was to have been "Horam, Suffolk". Before take off from Meeks Field the crews were briefed that if weather was bad over Scotland and they could not see the ground visually they should land at Stornaway and continue the flight when the weather improved. This would try and ensure the crews did not fly on intruments near the area of very high ground to the western side of Scotland which they would not have known until it was too late and would almost certainly ended in a crash. One aircraft on the flight had been lost the previous day between Greenland and Iceland with the loss of the crew.

This aircraft in question flew in over the Scotish coast, it was some way off course and the weather over the western part of Scotland that day was poor, there was low cloud, fog and drizzle. It was thought that the pilot was flying on his instruments and that he had let down through the cloud to make visual contact with the ground. The aircraft was by now over high ground in the Torridon area, the aircraft soon struck the side of Beinn na Feusaige, to the north of Glen Carron and caught fire. All five airmen on board were killed.

Pilot - 1st Lt Merritt E Young USAAF. Aged ? Of ? Buried ?

Bomb Aimer - 2nd Lt Robert A Anderson USAAF. Aged ? Of ? Buried Madingley Cemetery, Cambridge, UK.

F Eng - Staff Sgt Vincent Bravo USAAF. Aged 24 Of ? Buried Medfield, Mass., USA.

Radio Op - Staff Sgt Marshall R Miller USAAF. Aged ? Of ? Buried ?

Gunner - Master Sgt Lewis M Cross USAAF. Aged ? Of ? Buried Madingley Cemetery, Cambridge, UK.

1st Lt Young had a total of 450 flying hours since August 1942, and some 250 hours on the B-26 Marauder.