298.Squadron RCAF NA-660 8A-X 03.04 1945
Took off from Tarrant Rushton at 2235, loaded with weapons ammo and other equipment for the Homefront at Finfold in Grungedal (SOE op.Stirrup 14). Due to a fatal navigational error when returning, they ran into heavy flak from the fortifications at Lista airport. The A/C exploded in the air and crashed into Kallebergheia. All six died.The crashsite lies just behind the main bunker at Nordberg Fort (MKB5/503)
Wing Commander Hubert Law-Wright.(D.S.O.,
D.F.C., M.S.C.) F/O John Cranston Boyd Rae. F/S Terence
Mckeown Stonham.
F/S Denis Sydney Bertram
Derrett. P/O Elden Fleetwood Carlisle,from Manitoba,
Canada. F/S Geoffrey Brasnett Johnson.