A Short Sunderland Mk.I aircraft, attached to the RAF, 4 Operational Training Unit, experienced a catastrophic engine failure during an anti-submarine patrol. The connecting rod broke, leading to fire and subsequent crash on the railway line near Invergordon, Rosshire, Scotland. The full load of fuel and depth charges detonated, resulting in the deaths of all 11 crew members, including John Hodgson Shand, F/O (WAG) FL.s W. Fedoruk, J.A. Johnson, FO.s G.B. Johnson, C.M. Kendall, WO.s F.J. Peters, C. Kinton, J.E. Porret, FS.s F.W. Cosgrove (Cosgrave) D.C. Beattie, and Sgt. M.L. Hill. The wreckage was recovered and the deceased are buried in Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.A Short Sunderland Mk.I aircraft, attached to the RAF, 4 Operational Training Unit, experienced a catastrophic engine failure during an anti-submarine patrol. The connecting rod broke, leading to fire and subsequent crash on the railway line near Invergordon, Rosshire, Scotland. The full load of fuel and depth charges detonated, resulting in the deaths of all 11 crew members, including John Hodgson Shand, F/O (WAG) FL.s W. Fedoruk, J.A. Johnson, FO.s G.B. Johnson, C.M. Kendall, WO.s F.J. Peters, C. Kinton, J.E. Porret, FS.s F.W. Cosgrove (Cosgrave) D.C. Beattie, and Sgt. M.L. Hill. The wreckage was recovered and the deceased are buried in Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.