F/L HK McAvity

(Photo: 439 Sqn archives)

F/O RM MacTavish

(Photo: 439 Sqn archives)

 

In Canada, the Squadron had been very fortunate in completing 24 months of flying without one fatality and only two or three major accidents; the first months of training in Britain, however, took a heavy toll, four pilots (F/L HK McAvity, F/O E.L. Dixon, F/O R.M. MacTavish and F/L N.E. Pollock) losing their lives in accidents before the first operations were carried out.