Lockheed L-414 Hudson

The crew left Horn Island Airport at 2300LT on a combined flight to Salamaua (PNG) with three other similar aircraft. While flying over the Coral Sea, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. No trace was ever found.
Crew (32nd Squadron):
F/Lt Patrick Randal McDonnell,
P/O Alexander Mackay Petrie,
P/O Randolph Loring Fairfax,
Sgt Murray Charles Ellis.

The crew was engaged in a bombing mission to Bremen, Germany. While approaching its target, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in flames. All four occupants were killed.

The crew was taking part to an air raid over Bremen. While cruising over the North Sea by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were taken POW while two others were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
F/O Edwin Hamilton Tomlinson, †
P/O Ronald Enoch Stanley Summers, †
S/L W. D. Hogkinson 1.

The crew was performing a flight from Stockholm-Bromma Airport to Scotland. En route, the left engine failed, forcing the crew to divert to Göteborg-Såtenäs Airport. Shortly later, while cruising at a height of 1,300 meters, the right engine caught fire. The captain decided to make an emergency landing and attempted to ditch the aircraft into the Gullmarsfjorden (Lake Gullmar) located some 15 km west of Uddevalla. By night, the crew was able to land on the lake and the aircraft slid for several yards before coming to rest. All ten occupants took refuge in a dinghy and were later rescued. The aircraft sunk and was lost.

En route, while cruising off Timor, the crew informed ground about the failure of the right engine, tried to return to his base on one engine with an ETA at 1604LT. Shortly later, the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing all five occupants. Some debris were found in November 1942.
Crew (13th Squadron):
P/O Gordon Robert Crawford, pilot,
Sgt Maurice McGuire, pilot,
P/O Brian Ernest Long,
P/O Colin Vivian Cantor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Laurence Rex Hayward, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew left Bairnsdale Airfield in the afternoon with two others RAAF Lockheed Hudson on a reconnaissance mission. At 1614LT, ground instructed all crew to return to the airbase due to the deterioration of the weather conditions. The crew of A16-39 followed another route for undetermined reason. Both other Hudson landed without further incident while A16-39 crashed 500 yards from a private house located in Longpoint, near Sale. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (7th Squadron):
S/L James W. McGilvray, pilot,
Sgt M. J. Gawith, observer,
Sgt F. R. Walton, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt E. W. Bayley, wireless operator and air gunner.

Shortly after take off from RAF Silloth, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. Both crewmen were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
Donald William Shirley,
Ernest Alfred Jefferson.

Following a strafing ground positions mission over Timor, while cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the twin engine aircraft collided with another RAAF unidentified Lockheed L-414 Hudson. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed, killing all four crew members.
Crew (13th Squadron):
P/O Donald George Campbell, pilot,
P/O Robert Lester Gill,
Sgt Samuel Lindsay Inglis,
Sgt Lance Radford Kealley.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight. En route, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a night maritime patrol flight when the captain decided to ditch the aircraft off Ameland Island for unknown reason. While the aircraft sunk, all four occupants were rescued.