21 August 1949

21 PERSONS DIED IN A PLANE CRASH INCLUDING THREE RADIO OPERATORS

A Canso R.C.A.F. military aircraft crashed and burned in Manitoba on 21 August 1949 killing everyone onboard. Amongst the 21 victims were three radio operators, all married men returning to their families, who had spent two or more years in the Arctic, at Clyde River on Baffin Island.

B.S. McManus was one of the three Radio Operators killed in the crash.