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MAJOR SIR FREDERICK BANTING died in Newfoundland on February 21. He was on his way to England “on a mission”, as the Prime Minister of Canada has said, “of high national and scientific importance”. The pilot of the American bomber in which Banting was flying attempted a forced landing after the development of trouble with the engines, and in the resulting crash Banting and two of the crew members received injuries which proved to be fatal. In his death the Empire has lost one of its most distinguished citizens and the human race one of the greatest benefactors of our time. Canada could ill afford to lose him. There was no more important figure than his in our general war effort.
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BEST, C. Sir Frederick Banting, K.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 147, 535–536 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147535a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147535a0