Atlantic Ocean

The airplane departed Stavanger-Sola Airport on an operation over the Atlantic Ocean. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the sea off the Faroe Islands. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Hubert Braun, pilot,
Oblt Paul Schmidt, observer,
Uffz Rickard Preiss, radio operator,
Uffz Lee Hager, air gunner.

The floatplane crashed for unknown reasons in the Atlantic Ocean, some 900 km west of La Rochelle and sank. All crew members were injured and rescued.

The twin engine airplane departed Gander Airport at 0840LT on an authorized operational flight (anti-submarine patrol flight) east of Newfoundland. The airplane failed to return to base and no visual or radio contact was made with it from time of takeoff. An extensive search was made for the missing airplane and crew but no trace of either was found.
Crew:
F/O James William Paul Skidmore, pilot,
P/O Kenneth George Schaefer, copilot,
P/O Albert William Runte, navigator,
Cpl Cecil George Heeney, wireless operator,
LAC John Sydney Legon, air gunner,
F/Sgt Arthur Chapman, air gunner.

The twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Atlantic Ocean, about 70 miles off Borinquen, Puerto Rico. At least one crew member was killed.
Crew:
Maurice M. Miller.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1640LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. At 2229LT Heston d/f station acknowledged a call from this aircraft, asking for a bearing. Tragically, it is believed the crew misinterpreted the information sent by Heston and when last heard on w/t the Hampden was plotted in a 40 mile radius of 47° 30' N 13° W, some 270 miles off Brest and approximately 300 miles southwest of Land's end. No trace of the airplane was found.
Crew:
F/O James Andrew Caldwell,
Sgt Roland Crawley,
Sgt Edwin Alfred Harry,
F/Sgt Hudson Eric Marshall.

The aircraft was performing a combat mission over the Atlantic Ocean when it was shot down by the crew of a Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson. The four engine aircraft crashed into the sea off the Irish coast. There was casualties but the exact number remains unknown. It seems that crew members survived as well.

The airplane failed to return to base at Kaldaðarnes following operations over the Atlantic Ocean. Lost without trace. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Paul Newbery Britton,
Sgt Joseph Campbell,
Sgt John Sydney Charles Edge,
Sgt Ernest George King.

The floatplane departed Quonset Point NAS on a flight to Iceland. While flying in marginal weather conditions with clouds up to 18,000 feet, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. SAR operations were initiated but the wreckage and the crew were never recovered.
Crew:
Ens Robert C. McKown, pilot,
Ens Joseph C. Haskel, copilot,
AMM1c Wyman Richard Van Liere,
AMM1c Linton Melmus England,
AMM3c Anthony Henry Gazafy,
RM1c Claude Andrew Ashley,
RM3c Lyn Elliott Dunlap.

The Catalina departed RAF Mount Batten on a maritime patrol flight to Gibraltar. It failed to arrive at destination and was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frederick Arthur Burrows,
F/Lt Noel Kenneth Burton-Chadwick,
LAC John Charles Croome,
LAC John Kenneth Dains,
LAC William Henry Gill,
Cpl Harold Randolph Pye,
F/Lt Alfred William Knox Watson,
P/O Frank Bernard Yard.

The floatplane departed Killadeas NAS in Ireland on a maritime patrol flight with nine crew members on board. It failed to return from operations and probably crashed somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Irish coast. All nine occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Walter Henry Balch,
W/O Clifford Bond,
F/Lt Henry Francis Dempster Breese,
F/Sgt Leslie Stewart Dilnutt,
Sgt Alexander Vaughan McRae,
AC2 Herbert Vernon Norton,
Sgt Horace Arthur Tann, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alfred Tizzard, air gunner,
AC1 James Frank Woodward.