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The aircraft departed RAF Lossiemouth at 1115LT on a reconnaissance flight to search for enemy shipping off the Danish coast. En route, the aircraft separated from the main formation (other aircraft from the 9th Squadron) when it was shot down by the pilot of a German Messerschmitt Me.110 and crashed into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (115th Squadron):
P/O Roy A. Gayford,
Sgt William F. Nicol,
Sgt Michael F. Murphy,
Sgt Robert J. Moore,
LAC Daniel Armstrong,
AC1 John Moss.

The aircraft departed RAF Tengah on a maritime patrol flight. En route, an engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the airplane into the Malacca Strait, some 130 km west of Penang. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/O C. H. Boxall, pilot,
Sgt L. Podger, observer,
LAC W. W. Martin, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Bodney to search for enemy shipping off Denmark. En route, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea some 180 km west of Amrun, Schleswig-Holstein. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Glyn Harries, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Henry Kelleway, observer,
LAC Eric Lionel Wolverson, wireless operator and air gunner.

While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea some 280 km northwest of Hörnum. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Fw Wilhelm Harms,
Lt Karl-Friedrich Bölk,
Fk Werner Lenzen,
Uffz Kasimir Niezgotka.

Following an engine failure in flight, the crew was forced to ditch the airplane. Both occupants were rescued and the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew:
Obltn Elmer Blanke,
Lt Hans-Harald Ipach.

The crew was performing a navigation reconnaissance exercise (interception of launch) on behalf of the School of General Reconnaissance based in RAF Thorney Island, Sussex (17th Group). While overflying The Channel with two other similar aircraft, at a height of some 700 feet, the pilot started a turn when he lost control of the aircraft that crashed into the sea. Both other Ansons circled the area for some time but no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
F/O Ewen Campbell Lilburn,
AC1 John V. Halliday,
P/O John E. G. Fennell,
F/O James Peter Henry Balston.

The crew departed RAF Waddington on a reconnaissance over the Elbe Estuary. While flying at night, the bomber crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Stephen Alfred Williams, pilot,
Sgt Albert Richard Jones, observer,
Sgt Raymond Wilfred Cross, wireless operator,
AC1 Anthony Creighton Hamman, air gunner.

While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The pilot ditched the airplane into the North Sea. All four crew members were rescued while the airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
Lt Helmut Ostermann +3.

While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of an RAF fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 miles off the Orkneys Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Frithjof von Sichartshoff, pilot,
Fw Paul Marheineke, bomber,
Uffz Josef Severin, radio operator,
Gefr Karl Rothe, air gunner.

The airplane departed Juist on a mission over Scotland. While cruising over the North Sea, the airplane was shot down by four RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea some 110 km east of Aberdeen. Three crew members were killed and the fourth was rescued the following morning.
Crew:
Fw Ernst Breiler, pilot,
Lt Hans-Georg Froese, observer, †
Uffz Ernst Kerch, radio operator, †
Uffz Ewald Ofner, flight engineer. †