Invergordon AFB

The crew left RAF Invergordon to perform a night training mission consisting of landing practice. Apparently, an engine caught fire in flight and the seaplane crashed into the Cromarty Firth off the village of Nigg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (4th OTU):
George Robert Sawhill Riddell,
John Raymond Harnwell,
William McCarroll,
Sydney Albert Spencer.

The crew was performing a night training sortie from RAF Invergordon. On landing in the Cromarty Firth, the seaplane went out of control and sunk. There were no casualties.
Crew (4th OTU).

The crew was engaged in an antisubmarine patrol flight off the British coast on behalf of the fourth Operational Training Unit. Shortly after take off from RAF Invergordon, while climbing, the engine number three failed. Few seconds later, this engine caught fire and fell off, causing severe vibrations. The crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a huge explosion on a railway road located 3 km northeast of the Invergordon's Station. All eleven occupants were killed.
Crew (4th OTU):
Sgt Donald Charles Beattie,
S/L James Gordon Brown,
Sgt Francis William George Cosgrave,
F/L William Fedoruk,
Sgt Milton Lynn Hill,
F/O Garth Borland Johnson,
F/L John Alfred Johnson,
P/O Charles Marland Kendall,
W/O Clare Kinton,
W/O Fredrick John Peters,
F/Sgt James Edward Porret,
F/O John Hodgson Shand.

Few minutes after take off from RAF Invergordon, while cruising in poor visibility due to bad weather conditions, the seaplane hit the Eagle's Rock hill located near Breamore, about 55 km northwest of Inverness. A passenger was seriously injured while all 14 other occupants were killed, among them Prince George, Duke of Kent. With three officers of his staff, he was en route to Iceland on an official visit in Reykjavik.
Crew (228th Squadron):
F/Lt Frank McKenzie Goyen, pilot,
W/Cdr Thomas L. Moseley, copilot,
F/O Sydney Wood Smith, copilot,
P/O George Richard Saunders, navigator,
F/Sgt William Royston Jones, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Charles Norman Lewis, airframe fitter,
F/Sgt Edward James Hewerdine, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Edward F. Blacklock, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Arthur Rowland Catt, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Sweett, flight engineer and fitter,
Sgt Andrew S. W. Jack, wireless operator and air gunner.
Passengers:
Air Commodore HRH Prince George, The Duke of Kent,
Lt John Crowther, private secretary,
P/O Michael Strutt,
LAC John Walter Holes.

The float plane was performing a reconnaissance mission from RAF Invergordon to Fornebu (Oslo region). While flying away from Fornebu, the airplane was attacked by the pilot of a German Air Force Messerschmitt Me.110. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a dense wooded area. At a height of 3,000 feet, a crew member was able to bail out without any parachute. On the crash site, rescue teams found the dead bodies of nine crew while the jumper, a young sergeant, was injured. It appears his chute was absorbed by deep snow on the ground.
Crew (210th Squadron):
F/L Peter W. H. Kite, †
P/O Arthur F. LeMaistre, †
Sgt Jack C. Carpenter, †
Sgt Ogwyn F. George,
Sgt James A. L. Barter, †
LAC Frederic A. Morrison, †
LAC Douglas W. B. Upham, †
AC1 Graham H. Maile, †
AC1 Robert L. Millar, †
AC2 George Eveson. †

The crew departed RAF Calshot on a flight to RAF Invergordon, Scotland. While trying to land on the Cromarty Firth, the seaplane collided with a tender mast and crashed in the bay. A crew member was killed and three others were rescued.