At 10.20hrs on the 16th June 1944 the crew of this aircraft took off from Stratford upon Avon for a dual control and cross-country training flight. Whilst flying in cloud and over the Lake District the aircraft failed to clear Red Pike and struck the rock face at 13.35hrs killing all on board instantly.

Pilot - P/O Albert D Cooper RCAF (J/18201), aged 25, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 1068).

Pilot - F/O Frederick A Dixon RCAF (J/35425), aged ? of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 986).

Pilot - F/Lt Emil Unterseher RCAF (J/16129), aged 29, of Hilda, Alberta, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 322).

Nav - F/O Daniel Titleman RCAF (J/38329), aged 26, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 63).

AB - Sgt George McC Anderson RCAF (R/168378), aged 29, of Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 896).

WOp/AG - F/O Roy E Simonson RCAF (J/19182), aged 23, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 149).

WOp/AG - WO1 George R Coathup RCAF (R/115256), aged ? of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 279).

AG - Sgt Campbell McR Hodges RCAF (R/266186), aged 34, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester (Sec A, grave 806).

I visited the site in October 2006. The aircraft appears to have impacted into the rock face only feet below the summit. The heat from the post-crash fire still marks the rock. Only small fragments of the aircraft remain.