Cobequid Bay

The crew departed Debert on a low level bombing and air to ground firing exercise. While flying at low height, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing after the engines experienced carburetor icing and a complete loss of power. The airplane was ditched in the Cobequid Bay and sank. All four crew members were slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt G. D. Bain, pilot,
Sgt M. B. Foster, observer,
Sgt W. C. Dickson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt E. S. Brown, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was performing a mail flight from Germany to New York. The aircraft was catapulted from the German ship named 'Bremen' some 1,500 km from the Canadian coast. The crew made a fuel stop in Sydney and departed the harbor at 2130LT, bound for New York. While flying near Truro, the crew encountered poor visibility due to mist and night when the airplane crashed in the Cobequid Bay. The keeper of the local lighthouse said he heard the engine of an aircraft that crashed and later some shout or cries. The wreckage of the aircraft named 'New York' was found the following day. A first dead body was found the same day and the second dead body three days later.
Crew:
Fritz Simon, pilot,
Rudolph Wagenknecht, engineer.