OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST

Evening Star, Issue 24285, 28 August 1942, Page 2

OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST

NEW ZEALANDER AMONG CREW LONDON, August 27. The Sunderland flying boat crashed in one of the loneliest parts of the Highlands, and the wreckage was only found after a search extending over' nearly two hours, although witnesses were only a mile distant. Fragments of the fuselage were widely scattered over the mountain into which the Sunderland crashed in mist. The removal of the bodies across the rugged, pathless moorland was a task requiring considerable organisation. It. was done by soldiers, airmen, farmers, and shopherds. g Tre Duke of Kent and two others were thrown clear of the Sunderland, and they were apparently killed instantly. An Air Ministry official stated that the Sunderland was a Coastal Command machine from an operational station. Its crow and passengers were all members of the Sendees, and therefore a civil inquiry is unlikely. The official casualty list contains the names of 14 killed, including AViugcomraander T, L. Moseley, R.A.F., who was first pilot; Sergeant E. F. Blacklock. R.N.Z.A.F.. second pilot; and Flight-lieutenant F. M. Goyen, R.A.F., an Australian, who was captain. LYING IN STATE LONDON, August 28. The body o fthe Duke of Kent was brought from Scotland to AVindsor Castle yesterday, where it will lie jn state until the funeral.