North Sea

While performing a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea, the twin engine aircraft collided with a German fighter Bf.110. Both aircraft went out of control and crashed some 112 km north of Texel, in The Netherlands. All six crewmen in both aircraft were killed.
Crew (206th Squadron):
P/O John Henry Grimes, pilot,
Sgt Victor Donald MacMillan, copilot,
Cpl Harold John Cockayne,
AC1 John Charles Bagley.

While cruising at night, the crew was forced to ditch the float plane into the North Sea following an engine failure. All four crew members were rescued and interned.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Uphoff,
Fw Walter-Ferdinand Belhaus,
Uffz Peter Gondesen,
Uffz Erich Giese.

The float plane departed Sullom Voe at 0850LT on a maritime patrol mission along the Norwegian coast. En route, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to ditch the airplane into the North Sea. All six crew members were rescued and the aircraft was lost.
Crew:
F/O John Derek Middleton, pilot,
P/O Lindsay, copilot +4.

The float plane was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed into the North Sea some 70 km off the British coast. Three crew members were rescued by the crew of the Dutch ship named 'Jeanette' while the fourth occupant was killed.
Crew:
Obltn Wilhelm Lütjens, †
FF Fw Jacob Pelzer,
Uffz Walter Kliesch,
Bw Fw Christian-Ludwig Kleff.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Thornaby at 1100LT on a convoy escort mission over the North Sea. En route, the airplane was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a RAF Hurricane and crashed into the sea. A crew member survived while three others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Denis Baird, pilot, †
F/Lt Geoffrey Whitley Garnett, copilot, †
Cpl Richard Andrew Wilson, †
AC2 J. P. Smith.

The aircraft departed RAF Driffield at 1850LT on 24 October and headed for the ports of Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven. At 2315LT, a w/t signal was intercepted, indicating a position 60 miles off the East coast of UK. SAR operation did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the crew.
Crew (77th Squadron):
P/O Philip Edwin William Walker, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Austin Bigger, pilot,
Sgt George Jonathan Burrell, observer,
AC1 Alexander Bernard Bogle MacDonald, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC1 James Alfred Topham, wireless operator and air gunner.

The float plane was shot down by the pilots of three RAF Lockheed Hudson and crashed into the North Sea some 100 km northeast of Aberdeen. All four crew members were rescued by the crew of the Danish steamer 'Teddy' and made PoW.
Crew:
Fw Willy Erich Nahs,
Lt Hans Wilhelm H. Hornkohl,
Uffz Hermann Alfred Pluntke,
Uffz Alforn Fait.

The aircraft departed RAF Dishforth at 2215LT on 01OCT1939 with Berlin as its target (leaflet dropping mission). While cruising some 180 miles east of Saint Abb, Scotland, the aircraft disappeared into the North Sea. The last radio transmission was recorded at 0505LT on October 2. No trace over the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (10th Squadron):
F/Lt John William Allsop, pilot,
P/O Alan Gordon Salmon, pilot,
AC1 John Rogerson Bell,
AC1 Alfred Francis Hill,
LAC Fred Ellison.

The float plane was shot down by the pilot of a RAF Blackburn Skua and crashed into the North Sea. A crew member was killed and three other became PoW after being rescued by the crew of HMS Somali.
Crew:
Lt Wilhelm Fhr. von Reizenstein, †
Lt Ernst Körner,
Uffz Heckt,
Uffz Schmalfeld.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Leuchars on a night mission over the North Sea. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed into the sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
F/O Harry Dale Green, pilot,
P/O Cedric Nicholas Whittington, copilot,
LAC John Lawrence Calpin,
AC1 Archibald Macrae Rodger.