Irish Sea

The airplane was dispatched in a maritime patrol flight and was flying over the Irish Sea when the right engine caught fire in flight. The pilot elected to divert to the RAF Machrihanish located on the west coast of the Mull of Kintyre but the right engine detached few minutes later. The crew eventually ditched the airplane few km south of the Scottish coast. All 14 occupants were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.

While flying over the Irish Sea on a liaison flight, all four engines stopped simultaneously. The crew reduced his altitude and ditched the aircraft. All 11 occupants were quickly rescued and the aircraft was later recovered. It was written off.

The crew was completing a reconnaissance flight following the recent lost of a RAF Wellington registered LP764. While flying over the Irish Sea at a very low altitude, the twin engine aircraft hit the mast of a boat and crashed into the sea. The aircraft sank rapidly and was lost. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (5th ANS):
John Thomas Marcham Crow 4.

Enroute from Londonderry to RAF Andreas, while overflying the Irish Sea, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea. Both crew members were killed.

The pilot was performing a solo training flight over the Irish Sea when he lost control of the aircraft that crashed into the sea. Pilot did not survive.

Disappeared into the Irish Sea while performing a training flight along the Pembrokeshire coast. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (106th Squadron):
Sgt A. J. McHardy,
Sgt F. Chapman,
Sgt K. J. Gill,
F/S R. A. Post,
Sgt R. E. Warren.

The airplane failed to return to base following a maritime patrol flight over the Codling Bank and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Irish Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O W. J. Jewell,
F/O M. Prusek,
F/O S. Gruszecki,
AC1 J. W. March.

While on training mission, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Irish Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Frantisek Dittrich, pilot,
Sgt Karel Hurt,
Sgt Otakar Januj,
Sgt Jaroslav Polednik,
Sgt Jaroslav Rolenc.

The twin engine bomber crashed for unknown reasons into the Irish Sea while on a navigational training exercise. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Arthur Cole, wireless operator,
Sgt Derek Keith Glass,
Sgt Harry Walter Crouch Norman-Arterton.

The airplane failed to return to base following an operation to Belfast. It crashed into the Irish Sea and was lost without trace. The body of the radio operator was found on a beach in Newquay in May 31.
Crew:
Ofw Stefan Haberkern, pilot,
Fw Franz Schwarz, radio operator,
Oblt Werner Beck, observer,
Ogefr Gerhard Wagner, mechanic.