Dartmouth - Sydney - Torbay

On November 7, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Dartmouth - Sydney - Torbay experienced a crash involving Grumman G-21A Goose, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Port Rexton Newfoundland & Labrador.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The seaplane left Dartmouth on a maritime patrol flight over the North Atlantic. The crew made a stopover in Sydney before continuing to Torbay, north of St John, Newfoundland. En route, in unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed into the Trinity Bay, off Port Rexton. The aircraft was found floating upside down few hundred yards off shore by local fishermen and all five crew members were killed. Crew (121st Squadron): P/O W. G. Harber, pilot, Lt Col C. A. Ernst, Maj H. B. Munro, Cdr F. R. W. R. Gow, F/O H. M. B. Arney.

Aircraft reference details include registration 925, MSN 1082, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.3911°, -53.3313°.