Noorduyn Norseman

The single engine aircraft was performing a special flight from the RAF Twinwood Farm, Bedfordshire, to Paris-Le Bourget, with two crew members and the famous American Musician and Director Glenn Miller who was flying to Paris to give a concert to the US, British and French soldiers based in the city of Paris recently released. En route, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel and no trace of it nor the crew was ever found. Rumors were relayed by British daily newspapers on the fact that the plane may have been shot down mistakenly by British gunfire, but this was never proven.

The crew started the approach to Paris-Le Bourget in very bad weather conditions: low ceiling, freezing rain and fog. While too low, the single engine aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area. Both occupants were killed.

Upon landing, the single engine aircraft hit a sand pile located on the left side of the runway. The impact caused the left main gear to be sheared off. The aircraft rotated and came to rest. While both occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crashed in unknown circumstances 7 km northwest of Camp Cameron. Sole on board, the pilot was killed.

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a flight from Vélizy-Villacoublay. En route, the single engine hit the slope of Mt Shining Tor located between Macclesfield and Buxton. The pilot was seriously injured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Crashed on landing. No casualties.

Crashed and destroyed on landing while on a flight from Chartres. The pilot Robert K. Brown was killed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Baron’s Park, southeast of Edinburgh. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crashed on Kiska Island in unknown circumstances. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

The single engine aircraft crashed on take off from Rennes Airport, killing the pilot, sole occupant.