On April 29, 2020, six members of the Canadian Armed Forces were killed when a Royal Canadian Air Force CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crashed while conducting maritime surveillance operations.
The helicopter was deployed with HMCS Fredericton under Operation REASSURANCE as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). At the time of the accident, the Canadian ship was conducting collaborative training with Italian and Turkish ships.
We remember:
Captain Brenden MacDonald
Captain Kevin Hagen
Captain Maxime Miron-Morin
Master Corporal Matthew Cousins
Sub-Lieutenant Matthew Pyke
Sub-Lieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough
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