RCAF Station Yarmouth East Camp, Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy October 20, 1944 On the evening of October 20, 1944, two Anson aircraft (#11233 and #7146) on a training flight were returning to RCAF Station Yarmouth when they collided in mid-air near Brighton, six miles southwest of Digby, Nova Scotia. The collision occurred during unauthorised formation flying on a training flight. The two pilots and four Telegraphist Air Gunners were killed. (Crash site below the wheels of the Swordfish)

The four Telegraphist Air Gunners were trainees in No 1 Naval Air Gunner School - Course 64A at RCAF Station Yarmouth (East Camp). The four began their training in June 1944 Name: Henry Taylor Service No: FX/614771 Rank: Leading Airman Service: Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn) Date of Birth: April 16, 1923 Place of Birth: Forerden, Kidcardine, Scotland Date of Death: October 20, 1944 Age at Death: 21 Cemetery: Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 9 Henry Taylor was the son of Mrs. E. Taylor, of Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Name: Raymond Edgar Stanier Service No: FX/605203 Rank: Leading Airman Service: Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn) Date of Birth: January 20, 1926 Place of Birth: Walsall Staffordshire, England Date of Death: October 20, 1944 Age at Death: 18 Cemetery: Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 12 Raymond Stanier was the son of Bert Boult Stanier (1897-1965) and Minnie (Whitiaker) Stanier (1897-1988), and a brother of Sidney (b. 1929), William (b. 1938), Sheila, and Keith, of Walsall, Staffordshire, England. Raymond’s father served as a Private with the British Army, London Regiment during WWI (Service No. 702187). Name: John Arnold Bennett Service No: FX/606923 Rank: Leading Airman Service: Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn) Date of Birth: December 31, 1925 Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey, England Date of Death: October 20, 1944 Age at Death: 18 Cemetery: Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery (Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 10) John Bennett was son of Alfred Arnold Bennett (1861-1943) and Gertrude Matilda (Karsten) Bennett (1894-1982), of Surbiton, Surrey, England. Name: Albert David Brookes Service No: FX/605894 Rank: Leading Airman Service: Royal Navy (HMS Seaborn) Date of Birth: September 4, 1925 Place of Birth: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Date of Death: October 20, 1944 Age at Death: 18 Cemetery: Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery (Lot 1. Sec. A.K. Grave 11) Albert was the son of Albert Brookes Sr. (1903-1970) and Florence (Jones) Brookes, (1900-2004) of Brampton, Yorkshire, England.