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Enroute, the crew informed ground he was short of fuel and elected to divert to Rennes Airport. At 0028LT, the radio operator reported the fuel reserve were estimated for 10 minutes. Two minutes later, while completing a last turn in poor weather conditions, the aircraft nosed down and crashed in flames in a field short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 26 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, visibility was poor due to low clouds, and the airfield was not sufficiently lighted.
Crew (299th Squadron):
F/O Charles Thomas Dillon, pilot,
F/Lt Donald William Lee, navigator,
F/Sgt Donald Wareham, flight engineer,
W/O Alan Griffiths, bomb aimer,
W/O Victor Gerald Last, air gunner,
W/O Eric Antony Pether, wireless operator and air gunner.
Passengers:
Lt Col Alexander John Severs Mackenzie,
C/O Dorothy Mary Mackenzie,
Cpl Margery Greenfield,
Pvt Margaret Jean Mortlock,
LAC Agnes Aitchison Maltby,
Cpl Edward Vernon Maltby,
Sgt Hilda Victoria Timms,
Lt Jack Edward Lloyd,
Lt Frederick Edmund Withers,
Lt Col George Howard Jones,
Sgt Marie Elsie Isabel Innes,
Sgt John Edward Timms,
Cpt Cecil Tom Keates,
Pvt Leonard Harold North,
Lt John Alexander Leo Carus,
AC1 Harry Ronald Goulding,
LAC Sidney George Wordsworth,
LAC John Ernest Simcock,
Maj Samuel Harry Arthur Williams,
AC1 Joseph McWilliams.

While cruising by night off the Danish coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea about 50 km northwest of Skagen. All seven occupants were killed.

Twenty minutes after his departure from Lisbon, bound for London, the crew encountered technical problems and decided to return to Lisbon. While descending to an altitude of 1,200 feet, the crew experienced strong vibrations and smoke spread in the cabin and the cockpit as well. The seaplane christened 'Golden Horn' went out of control and crashed into the bay, some 800 meters off shore. The radio operator and a passenger were rescued while 13 other occupants were killed.

On landing, the single engine aircraft was caught by strong winds, went out of control and came to rest upside down. No casualties.

Crashed on take off in unknown circumstances at Valetta-Luqa Airport, Malta. No casualties.

The airplane was engaged in an operation over London when it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed near the target area. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Günther Hübner, pilot,
Lt Rolf Dieskau, observer,
Ogefr Walter Arnold, radio operator,
Uffz Ernst Tietjen, mechanic.

The three engine airplane departed Brussels on a mail flight to London on behalf of the RAF 271st Squadron. En route, it was shot down by the German Flak. The mechanic bailed out and survived while both pilots were killed when the aircraft crashed in an open field.
Crew:
P/O John Robertson McLaren, pilot, †
Victor Moreau, pilot, †
Armand Peeters, mechanic.

The airman was supposed to be guarding the aircraft when he decided to take it for a flight without permission as he failed his pilot's course. After takeoff, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in the Thames estuary. The pilot James Frederick Byng Lewis was killed.

The crew departed London on a flight to Cape Town on behalf of the Ministero dell'Aeronautica. While approaching the Libyan coast, the crew was forced to divert to the nearest airport due to fuel exhaustion. On approach to Zuara Airfield located 47 km from the Libya-Tunisia border, the airplane crashed on an Italian Military Camp. While all four crew members were injured, three people on the ground were killed.

On final approach to Strathburn, the engine failed. The airplane stalled and crashed short of runway. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.