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The floatplane failed to arrive at destination while on a flight from Topham (Canton Island) to Pearl Harbor with 11 crew members on board. Lost without trace. SAR operations stopped on 10 February 1942.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Münster. It was ditched in the North Sea off the East Anglia coast. All four crew members managed to get into a dinghy but when rescue came 16 hours later, only one crew was still alive. The others succumbed to the intense cold.
Crew:
Sgt C. H. J. Brown, pilot,
F/Sgt Alexander Granton Patrick, observer, †
Sgt Frederick William Baker, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert William Antony Biddlecombe, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Münster. It is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea after encountering severe icing conditions. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpl Antoni Sporny, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Anyan, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Dickerson, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Mckay Young, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Belgium. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O George Edward Albert Baxter,
W/Cdr Jack Elkan David Benham,
F/Sgt Albutt Brittain,
F/Sgt David Gold,
F/Sgt Emrys Evan Jones,
Sgt Francis William Smith,
P/O Dennis Owens Weeks, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening on an operation to Münster. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Christopher John Irwin,
Sgt Peter Gray Milton,
Sgt George Marsh Robinson,
F/Sgt Francis Alexander Tait,
Sgt Frank Godfrey Truscott,
P/O George Hamilton Webster.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1755LT on an operation to Münster. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea off the Lincolnshire coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Szeregowiec Czesław Kosmalski,
Cpl Piotr Nocon,
P/O Wacław Reda,
Sgt K. Soroko,
Sgt B. Borecki,
Sgt A. A. Rokus.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1735LT on a mine laying operation off Wilhelmshaven. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the North Sea, maybe off the Frisian Islands. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Spencer Edward Ellis, pilot,
F/Sgt Stewart Alexander Morrison, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Stuart Chantrell, wireless operator,
Sgt William Holland, air gunner.

The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operation over the Thames Estuary. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Oblt Hellmuth Lau, pilot,
Uffz Erich Barthel, observer,
Uffz August Schwiering, radio operator,
Ogfr Ewald Menke, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 1732LT on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Cenek Kral,
Sgt Ladislav Nemecek,
F/Sgt Miroslav Plecity,
Sgt Stanislav Rous,
F/Lt Zdenek Skorepa,
W/O Karel Weiss.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1750LT on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a Me.110 and to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Harold William Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Peter Bernard Chapple, navigator,
Sgt Reginald Grenville Eves, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Brown, air gunner.