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| Crew / Passengers | Rank - If Applicable | Position e.g. Pilot | Status |
| Frank Bishop | Flying Officer | Pilot | Killed |
| Thomas Brown Milne Alexander | Pilot Officer | Navigator | Injured |
| Gilbert Nichols | Warrant Officer 1 | Radio Operator | Injured |
| Derek Biden Auchinvole | Squadron Leader | Passenger | Injured |
| Archibald Alderton | Squadron Leader | Passenger | Killed |
| Herbert Ellis | Flying Officer | Passenger | Killed |
| B. Miller | Flight Lieutenant | Passenger | Injured |
| John Douglas Lumsden Gammie | Flight Lieutenant | Passenger | Injured |
Thanks to Dave Earl for providing the crew / passenger list.
The aircraft, built as a C-47B-20-DK with the USAAF serial 43-49709, was being used for a trans-Atlantic ferry flight. It was while flying the leg from Iceland to Prestwick when the aircraft flew into Ben Talaidh.
The crew and passengers who were killed were buried in various UK cemeteries, above is Squadron Leader Alderton's grave at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey.
A general view of the ravine into which the remains of KK194 were dumped in 1945. One of the engine is in the stream to the right.
This is the engine mentioned with the previous photo.
Part of the aircrafts fuselage with a window cut out visible.
One of the aircraft's main wheels can be found in amongst the remains, behind the is the tail unit, inverted and almost entirely buried.
A photo of myself with one of the props from KK194 at the foot of Ben Talaidh. I show the scars of battle with Ben Lui two days before, when I slipped on the way down and injured my elbow. Mark's brother Richard has said that he found Ben Lui quite an easy mountain during their visit in June 2002. But Mark says it cost an arm and a leg. My arm and his Dad's leg, who slipped on the track at the foot of the mountain and injured himself. It seems that no of us managed to escape Ben Lui uninjured.