Mystery Flight - April 17, 1944 Mystery Flight Royal Air Force Squadron 525 Vickers Warwick C Mark I, BV247
Cummings in his 'Though Without Anger' gives the following re the loss of BV247 "The aircraft was on a routine flight to Maison Blanche, Algeria via Gibraltar and had a crew of three and eleven passengers. Shortly after take off the aircraft collided with an enemy aircraft and crashed into Newquay Bay and all on board were killed. The passengers were two French officers, two Polish couriers a staff officer travelling to Cairo, an expert in Greek affairs travelling to that country, a Canadian / Hungarian en route to an SOE assignment, three SOE officers and an MI6 officer. Unfortunately their names were not confirmed"
A snippet refers to a 1981 letter by Derek Fowkes RIP August 2007 to possible helpers in Canada: Derek Fowkes (unknown-2007) - Find a Grave...