Lockheed L-414 Hudson

The airplane departed Long Beach on a delivery flight to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Few minutes after takeoff, it suffered a structural failure, was abandoned by the crew and crashed east of Huntington Beach, about 22 km southeast of Long Beach Airport. The airplane was destroyed and all crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
Richard D. Morgan.

Shortly after takeoff from Ambon-Laha Airport, while climbing, the airplane stalled and crashed into the sea few hundred metres offshore. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew (13th Squadron):
F/O John Turnbull, pilot, †
F/O Robert Kelvin Allen, †
Sgt Walter John Lay, †
Sgt B. E. Hack.

The twin engine airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Bangor Airport while on a delivery flight to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Crew fate unknown. Should be registered BW440 by RCAF.
Crew:
James J. Hayes.

While performing a practice bombing exercise, the crew encountered unknown technical problems and attempted to divert to Maryport Airport. On final approach, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed few km from the airfield, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
Sgt Harold Puusepp, pilot,
Sgt Robert Gillespie Luke, observer,
Sgt Richard Wyke Allsop, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Gerald Ian Dacres Backhouse, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 2257LT on a maritime patrol flight. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Cecil Rhys Davies,
Sgt Arthur George Gooch,
F/Lt Joseph Herbert Higgleton,
Sgt Tom Ford Houldsworth,
Sgt Jack Roberts.

The airplane departed RAF Silloth on a night training exercise. En route, one of the engine caught fire. The airplane lost height and eventually impacted the slope of Mt Dent Fell located northeast of Egremont, Cumbria. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stuart Daniel John Dalgleish, pilot,
Sgt Earle Douglas Parrish, observer,
Sgt Charles Harry Page, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John William Leadill, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Chivenor at 1530LT to bomb a refinery located in Donges. Flying west of Nantes, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the hamlet of Les Bretêches, near Saint-Viaud. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Errington Douglas Rawes, pilot,
F/Lt Ian Wingate Terry, navigator,
Sgt James William Durrant, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Watts, wireless operator.

The airplane departed Whenuapai Airport on a maritime patrol flight. While cruising at a height of 1,500 feet, the pilot-in-command initiated a left turn when the airplane stalled and crashed on a hill side near Helensville. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Eric Holdaway,
Sgt George Eatorne,
Sgt Eric Eldershaw.

The crew departed Nelson Airport on a three-hour survey flight within New Zealand. While cruising west of Nelson at night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. In reduced visibility, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Westhaven Inlet. The wreckage was found seven days later and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alexander John MacFarlane, pilot,
P/O Louis George William Volzke, navigator,
Sgt Keith Robertson Jack, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Phillip David Harris, wireless operator and air gunner.

While on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Vlieland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Leonard William Almquist, pilot,
P/O James Alexander Bitcoin, observer,
P/O Percy George Ford, wireless operator,
Sgt Wilfred Turley, wireless operator.