Crash of a Douglas C-47B Dakota IV into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
KN271
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Narsarsuaq – Reykjavik
MSN:
27205/15760
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a delivery flight from the Bluie West One Airport located in Narsarsuaq and Reykjavik, Iceland. Enroute, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean some 100 km east of Greenland, at coordinates 63°18'00.0"N 38°00'00.0"W. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
S/L Z. W. Hirsz, pilot,
P/O D. Washer, copilot,
F/Sgt W. R. Gregory, navigator,
F/Lt H. B. Clarke, wireless operator.

Crash of an Avro 691 Lancastrian into the Atlantic Ocean: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1944 at 0650 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CF-CMU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Montreal – Prestwick
MSN:
37004
YOM:
1943
Flight number:
TCA102
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft left Montreal-Dorval Airport at 2359LT on December 29 on a mail and VIP flight to Prestwick on behalf of the Canadian Government Trans-Atlantic Air Service (CGTAS). At 0649LT, the Goose Bay Control Center received a mayday signal when the aircraft was cruising at an altitude of 23,000 feet some 600 miles east of Newfoundland. SAR mission was conducted but all operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the five occupants was found.
Crew:
Maurice Gauthier, pilot 3.
Passenger:
Alfred E. Evans, Chief of the British Admiralty Technical Mission in Ottawa.
Probable cause:
The probable cause of the loss could not be determined.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-45-VE Flying Fortress IIIA into the Atlantic Ocean: 8 killed

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
9203
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
6397
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The aircraft was performing a mail flight from Morocco to the Azores Islands with three passengers on board, a crew of five and mail bags, on behalf of the 168th Heavy Transport Command. As the aircraft never arrived at destination, SAR operations were conducted but suspended after few days as no trace was found. Few mail bags were discovered later.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina into the Atlantic Ocean: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
34013
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1567
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in unknown circumstances. All seven crew members were killed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL into the Atlantic Ocean: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
43-15162
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gibraltar - St Mawgan
MSN:
19628
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew left Gibraltar bound for RAF Newquay-St Mawgan, Cornwall. En route, the aircraft encountered poor weather conditions and likely crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. No trace of the aircraft nor the eight occupants was ever found.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-30-DK into the Atlantic Ocean

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
KG784
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
14016/25461
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, a dual engine failure forced the crew to ditch the aircraft into the Atlantic Ocean, some 320 km off Natal. The aircraft was lost but the crew fate remains unknown. The crew was on his way to deliver the aircraft.
Probable cause:
Dual engine failure.

Crash of a Douglas C-54A-5-DO Skymaster into the Atlantic Ocean: 26 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1944 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-107470
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
London – Keflavik – Stephenville – New York
MSN:
7489
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
20
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
26
Circumstances:
The last radio contact with the crew was about three hours into the flight after departure from Keflavik. SAR operations were conducted southeast of Greenland but they were eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. All six crew members were employees of the Transcontinental & Western Air but were conducting this flight under the Air Transport Command. All passengers were US Army personnel flying back home.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-15-DK into the Atlantic Ocean

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
42-92848
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
12694
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean, some 480 km west of the Ascension Island. Occupant fate unknown.

Crash of a Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster into the Atlantic Ocean: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-37274
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3064
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The four engine aircraft was shot down by British fighters because it was approaching a ships convoy. The airplane was carrying dive flap modification kits for P-38's.
Probable cause:
Shot down.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24H-15-FO Liberator into the Atlantic Ocean: 14 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
42-52349
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1066
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
14
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the South Atlantic Ocean. No trace was ever found. All 14 crew members were killed.