Consolidated PBY Catalina

Two minutes after takeoff from Port Moresby, while climbing, the floatplane impacted the slope of a mountain located on Gemo Island (Hanudamava Island). The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all eight crew members were killed.
Crew (11th Squadron):
F/O Lincoln James Sloan, pilot,
F/Lt Nelson Prior Reid, copilot,
Cpl Neville Lawrence Ernst, flight engineer,
Cpl Eric John O’Donnell, rigger,
LAC Charles James Matheson, flight engineer,
AC1 Keith Mighell Sidey, wireless operator,
AC1 Arthur Wallace Magee, wireless operator,
AC1 George Robert Peterson, armourer.

While on a maritime patrol flight off Malaysia, the floatplane was shot down by a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O William Edward Webb,
Sgt Stanley Abram,
Sgt Edward Alexander Bailey,
F/O Patrick Edwin Bedell,
AC1 William Thomas David Burnett,
LAC Arthur Henry Chapman,
Sgt Peter Eaton,
Sgt Colin Burns Treloar.

The floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances while on a maritime patrol mission. All five crew members were killed.

Upon landing in the Halifax harbor, the seaplane hit swell, flipped over and sank. All eight crew members were killed. They just completed a maritime patrol mission.

The floatplane departed RAF Sullom Voe on a maritime patrol flight along the Norwegian coast and Tromsø. The airplane failed to return from operation and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
W/Cdr Richard Gustav Briese, pilot,
F/O Carson Carysfort Proby, pilot,
AC1 Arthur Harry Agus,
AC1 Thomas Harvey Atkin,
Sgt Robert Edward Austin,
AC2 William Benson,
Sgt Leonard Joseph Harris,
P/O Walker Julius Hoover,
Sgt Kenwyn Charles Lawry,
F/Sgt William Howe Martin.

The crew bailed out after the airplane caught fire in flight for unknown reasons. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed 5,5 miles southwest of Trenton and was destroyed. All crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
George J. Aubert, pilot +4.

Following a maritime patrol flight, the floatplane landed off Seyðisfjörður. Weather conditions were marginal with strong winds, turbulences and rough sea. The landing was hard and the bulkhead was punctured. All 11 occupants were uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Ens Gerald H. Duffy, pilot,
Ens T. F. Wilson, pilot +5.
Passengers:
Nap Hutchens,
Col Murray,
Maj Ferguson,
Lt Bone.

The floatplane was en route from Stranrear, Scotland, to Canada. Shortly after departure, in unknown circumstances, the airplane stalled and crashed in the Stranrear's Bay. Two crew members were seriously injured and five others were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alfred Lawrence Fowler, pilot, †
F/O Maurice Arthur Frank Hirst, pilot, †
Sgt Patrick John Nelson Coady, wireless operator, †
AC1 Peter Quinlan O'Brien, †
Ens D. A. Eldred, †
AC1 D. Muir,
Sgt R. B. H. Scroggs.

While on approach to Gibraltar Airport following a maritime patrol mission, the floatplane crashed into the sea. Three crew members were killed and six others were rescued.
Crew:
F/O John Lambton, air gunner, †
Sgt James Gould Summers, air gunner, †
P/O Robert Gordon Scott, †
Sgt J. E. Scott,
Sgt J. White,
Sgt P. G. Smith,
Sgt E. Wharton,
F/Lt R. W. Whittome,
Sgt J. Turnbull.

The floatplane was completing a flight from Diego Garcia to Takoradi with an intermediate stop in Victoria, Seychelles, carrying personnel from the 513 Air Ministry Experimental Station. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the Indian Ocean. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gifford John Bishop,
F/O Andrew Terras Grieve,
Sgt Frederick Griffin,
LAC Roy Cope Hoddell,
F/Sgt Reginald John Louis Larwood,
F/Sgt Patrick Joseph Magee,
AC2 James Alfred Skinner,
F/Sgt Claude Marriott Williamson,
F/Lt Earl William Young.