Dartmouth

The crew was completing a flight from Torbay to Darmouth. On approach, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances 11 miles from its intended destination. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. Eventually, the wreckage was spotted on November 6, 1944.
Crew (145th Squadron):
P/O Thomas Albert Kidd Watterson,
F/S R. C. Rolfe,
W/O Stick.
Passengers:
F/L J. T. Hook,
F/O W. H. Thompson,
Lt Snell.

En route to Yarmouth with a load of hydraulic oil, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with light rain, visibility up to 5 miles and clouds down to 500 feet. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine aircraft crashed in a wooded area located 6 km northeast of Caledonia. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Crew (34th OTU):
P/O Harold Otto Male, pilot,
AC1 Thomas Frederick Sargeant, flight engineer,
P/O Stanley Evans Sutherland, wireless operator and air gunner.
Source:
http://wartimeheritage.com/storyarchive2/crash20nov42.htm

The airplane was engaged in a navigation exercise at RCAF Dartmouth, carrying four crew members. During the takeoff roll, the airplane swung and ground looped, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The airplane came to halt, caught fire and exploded. All four crew members were seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. F. Quirt, pilot,
P/O P. W. Porter, navigator,
LAC G. C. Merrill, wireless operator,
P/O F. H. Lashley, navigator.

The airplane departed Dartmouth on a convoy patrol mission. Due to bad weather conditions and unable to obtain position by wireless, the pilot ditched the airplane off Cape Race. About 10 days later, on early July, the crew was rescued by a schooner. The aircraft was equipped with flotation cells in the wings and did not sink. It was later towed ashore but was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
F/Lt Ashman, pilot,
F/O Horne, copilot,
Cpl H. W. Stewart, navigator,
AC1 L. W. J. Hanley, navigator,
AC1 I. S. G. Mackie, navigator.

The airplane departed RCAF Dartmouth at 1400LT on a low level bombing practice. After circling the field permission was given from the control tower to land. Runway 03 was used. There was a slight port drift which was corrected. After another 150 yards the tail came down and the brakes were applied to slow down. On application of the brakes the aircraft spun around to the left causing the right oleo leg to collapse, causing the aircraft to land heavily on the right wing. It immediately burst into flames and F/Lt Butts worked the starboard extinguisher but to no avail. The crew abandoned the aircraft and two minutes later the aircraft exploded. All three crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O J. H. Crossley, pilot,
F/Lt R. A. Butts, navigator,
LAC G. C. Merril, wireless operator.

The airplane was engaged in a local practice flying exercise out of RCAF Dartmouth for qualification first pilot. After takeoff, at a height of 100 feet, the right engine cut out and the airplane crashed into water off the McNabs Island, about five miles southwest of the airbase. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O J. J. Lalonde, pilot,
Cpl M. J. Armitage, navigator.

The airplane was engaged in a local training exercise at Dartmouth Airport, carrying three crew members and three passengers. Making a landing in a strong gusty crosswind which required expert handling of controls. The pilot pulled the aircraft off after realizing he would run off the runway, as the aircraft had insufficient flying speed it stalled, the left wing hit the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled. A crew was killed and all five other occupants were injured, one seriously.
Crew:
F/O R. R. Dennis, pilot,
F/O J. G. Richardson, copilot,
AC1 J. P. Wood, wireless operator.
Passengers:
AC1 R. A. Barry,
AC1 R. A. Thomas,
AC1 J. H. E. Wiskin. †

The airplane departed RCAF Dartmouth on a convoy patrol mission with three other similar aircrafts. En route, weather conditions deteriorated with heavy snow falls. Two pilots, Sqn Ldr Lewis and Flg Off Cowan, managed to land at Sydney without damage, after jettisoning bombs. The third, Flt Lt Baskerville, landed on the beach at Point Michaud, N.S. The last, Sgt Blockley, landed at 1640 hrs in the sea 200 yards from shore at Point Pleasant. Sgt Blockley went ashore in the rubber dinghy to get help. Before he returned, the remainder of the crew were rescued by a small skiff. Their aircraft, the Hudson I 767, drifted ashore, and despite the efforts of the crew was so badly damaged by the waves, that it had to be written off. A party of the squadron recovered the wreckage between 31 December and 2 January.