Mediterranean Sea

The airplane departed Luqa Airport on an anti-shipping operation in the Mediterranean Sea. While attacking a ship, the airplane was hit by the explosion and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Neville Ernest Wetherell Pepper, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Eric Hyde, observer, †
Sgt Leslie Pickford, wireless operator.

The airplane departed Landing Ground 106 (LG106), Egypt, on an operation to Scarpanto off Crete Island. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Denys Douglas Strickland, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur Edwin Middleton, pilot,
P/O William George Dalco, observer,
Sgt Edwin Curle, wireless operator,
Sgt Tom Harry Mitchell, wireless operator,
P/O Richard Edward Harrison Nowell, air gunner.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed into the sea west of Crete. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt V. Hudson +2.

The bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea west of Crete Island. Two crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Lt Alfred Pich, pilot,
Gefr Willi Nagel, bomb aimer, †
Uffz Gottfried Haustein, radio operator, †
Uffz Erich Dürnwirth, air gunner.

The airplane was completing a patrol mission with a second similar machine. As weather conditions deteriorated, the wingman returned to base about an hour into the flight. But the leader continued and probably crashed somewhere into the sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Domenico Valsania, pilot,
Sgt Antonio Sirignano, pilot,
Maj Luigi Barbesino, pilot,
Cpl Ezio Mita, engineer,
Cpl Aldo Balducci, mechanic,
Cpl Attilio Calvari, air gunner.

The three engine aircraft was on its way from Italy to Brazil and departed Rome for the first leg to Seville. While overflying the Mediterranean Sea, contact was lost and it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. As the airplane failed to land at Seville Airport, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 16 occupants was ever found.
Crew:
Vittorio Suster, pilot,
Daniele Baldini, pilot,
Mr. Andenna, flight engineer,
Mr. Verdosci, radio operator.

The airplane departed Luqa Airport on a mission over the Mediterranean Sea. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the sea. all six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Craven Goring Hohler,
F/O John Archibald Gray,
Sgt John Charles Cornish,
Sgt Hugh Alphonso Hogger,
Sgt Jack Herbert Jefferies,
Sgt Frederick Eric Valentine Johnson.

While cruising off Sardinia on a flight to Beyrouth and Damascus via Bizerte, the radio navigator sent a brief message that he was hit by enemy fire. Shortly later, the aircraft named 'Le Verrier' crashed into the sea some 50 km off the Cape Spartivento, south of Sardinia. SAR were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the seven occupants was ever found. At the time of the accident, Italian and British fighters were taking part to a battle in the area.
Crew:
Henri Guillaumet, pilot,
Marcel Reine, copilot,
Jean Le Duff, radio navigator,
Fernand Franques, flight engineer,
Lucien Montaubin. second flight engineer.
Passengers:
Jean Chiappe, High Civil Commissioner of France to Levant (Lebanon and Syria),
Cpt Nicolas.

The crew departed El Alamein Airfield on a bombing mission over El Adem. While cruising at night along the Libyan coast, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Mediterranean Sea. No trace of the aircraft was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt George Bartle Smith, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Alfred Steele, observer,
Sgt George Aidan Sewell, wireless operator and air gunner.

A group of seven Caproni Ca.135 departed Sardinia to be delivered to the Spanish Air Force in Palma de Mallorca. En route, the group encountered stormy weather. Two crew returned to Sardinia, two crew were able to reach Mallorca and three aircraft crashed into the sea. No trace of them nor the 15 crew members (five in each airplane) was found.
Crew:
Cpt Alfredo di Aichelburg, pilot,
Br Vincenzo Lotto, pilot,
Sgt Almerico Landuzzi, mechanic,
Av Giuseppe Mortellaro, radio operator,
Sgt Guido Pasini, gunner.