Short S.25 Sunderland

The crew was involved in a maritime patrol flight when an engine failed en route. The seaplane crashed into the sea off Bloody Foreland, Donegal County. Nine crew members were killed and one crewman survived.
Crew (423rd Squadron):
F/O Frederick William Greenwood, pilot, †
F/Sgt Laurence Patrick Quinn, †
F/O Edwin Earl McCann, †
F/Lt George Francis Cornwell, navigator, †
F/O Herbert Stanley Seibold, †
F/O Kenneth Mons Liddle, †
W/O Joseph Alphonse Raymond Dore, †
Sgt Nigel McColl Anderson, †
Sgt John Edwin Caton, †
W/O R. H. VOYCE.

The crew left his base at 2316LT on August 14 on a night training exercise via the Dunbeath radar. At 0008LT, ATC contacted the crew to inform that the weather conditions were deteriorating and that it was better to fly back. The seaplane continued to a north-westerly direction when it hit the slope of a mountain located near Lothbeg. All 15 occupants were killed. Up to date, this was considered as the worse accident involving a Short S.25 Sunderland in the RAF.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Shaw Rowson, pilot,
F/O Anton Nicholas Unser, copilot,
F/Lt William Benedict Sargent, navigator,
P/O Thomas Benedick Wood, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Vernon Cleveland Stordy, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O Leroy Hart Ludington, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Percy Alexander Whyte, flight engineer,
Sgt Reginald Cuffley Norton, flight mechanic and air gunner,
Sgt Walter Komer, air gunner,
Sgt Donald Roy Trask, air gunner,
F/Lt Robert Lyall Mercer, pilot,
P/O Roderick William Fulton, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Arthur Di Pisa, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Nathan R. Dlusy, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O Ronald Edward Jackson.
Infos & photos:
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/sunderland-glen-loth.htm

Shortly after take off from the Castle Archdale Seaplane Base, an engine failed. The crew jettisoned some charges and fuel. Later, the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed in Corlea, some 40 km south of RAF Castle Archdale. Three crew members were killed.

The floatplane was involved in a maritime patrol flight when it was shot down by a German submarine. Out of control, it crashed into the Bay of Biscay, off the Spanish coast. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (201st Squadron):
S/L William Dennys Butterworth, pilot,
F/O Colin John Griffith, pilot,
F/S John Charles Leleux, flight engineer,
F/S James William Hobson, flight engineer,
F/O Peter Anthony Cavendish Hunt, navigator,
F/O Anthony Valentine Philp, wireless operator,
F/S Duncan Jamieson McCormick Currie, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Dennis Edward South, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/S Dennis Sharland, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Foster, air gunner,
Sgt Jesse Robert French, air gunner,
F/S Edwin Watson, air gunner.

The crew was involved in a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay and left RAF Pembroke Dock at 1810LT on June 11. The floatplane should return to its base on June 12 with an ETA at 0725LT but failed to arrive. The British authorities confirmed that no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found and that the aircraft has probably been shot down during the night by enemy fire, maybe by a German night fighter or a submarine.
Crew (228th Squadron).
Source: ASN

While performing a maritime patrol flight, the seaplane was shot down by the German submarine U-921 and crashed into the Norwegian Sea, some 240 km west of Kristiansund. All 12 occupants were killed.

Crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight and left RAF Pembroke Dock in the afternoon for a 13 hours mission. Aircraft was scheduled to overfly the Lake Lough Erne but for unknown reason, was off the initial track and was flying over a mountainous area in the Donegal County. By night, the four engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Blue Stak at a height of 2,219 feet. Rescuers arrived on site, some 200 feet from the top, and were able to evacuate six injured crew members while all seven other occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lieutenant Howard Charles Sheffield Armstrong, pilot, †
Lieutenant Maurice Leonard Gillingham, pilot, †
Maurice Vincent Wareing, copilot, †
Joseph George Trull, navigator,
John Bruce Richardson, flight engineer,
Sergeant C. S. Hobbs, air gunner,
Sergeant Cyril Robinson Greenwood, †
Sergeant Frederick George Green, gunner, †
Sergeant John Ernest Parsons, †
Sergeant Frederick Tom Copp, flight engineer, †
Sergeant James Kenneth Gilchrist, rear gunner,
Sergeant A. Gowens.

The crew (228th Squadron) was engaged in an anti submarine patrol mission over the Bay of Biscay, and left RAF Pembroke Dock at 0537LT. The seaplane aircraft was flying in the clouds and when it came out of the cloudy area, it was spotted by the pilot of a Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw.190. It was shot down and crashed some 190 km west of Brest, France. All 11 occupants were killed.

While flying in poor weather conditions on an international flight from Mombasa, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Sangalla Hills located south of Voi. All eight crew members were killed.

Short Sunderland flying boat T228 took off from RAF Station Pembroke Dock at 0715LT on 24 December 1943 to carry out an anti-submarine patrol. At 1225LT a distress signal was received from the aircraft. At this time T228 was over a force of enemy destroyers and in company of another Sunderland. At 1310LT a message was received from the other Sunderland aircraft which stated that wreckage of a Sunderland aircraft had been sighted and one survivor seen on the wing float of the aircraft. A dinghy was dropped but the survivor disappeared a few minutes later. Although the crew of the accompanying aircraft did not actually see T228 shot down, it was believed that T228 was shot down by an enemy surface vessel.
Source:
http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19431224-0