Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

After takeoff from Gütersloh Airport, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It contacted trees and crashed on hilly terrain located in Lämershagen, southeast of Bielefeld. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Friedrich Kohnke,
Friedrich Großmann,
Uffz Georg Kahlert,
Flg Herbert Melzer.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2018LT on March 7 on a patrol flight with a crew of four on board. On final approach to Digby Airport, while completing a last turn, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All four crew members were killed. Evidence suggests the crew has been engaged by the enemy as LAC Wood's body had sustained gun shot wounds.
Crew:
F/O D. C. G. Clinkard,
Sgt C. C. Hobbs,
Sgt R. P. Glasson,
LAC W. K. Wood.

While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of an RAF fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 miles off the Orkneys Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Frithjof von Sichartshoff, pilot,
Fw Paul Marheineke, bomber,
Uffz Josef Severin, radio operator,
Gefr Karl Rothe, air gunner.

The airplane departed Juist on a mission over Scotland. While cruising over the North Sea, the airplane was shot down by four RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea some 110 km east of Aberdeen. Three crew members were killed and the fourth was rescued the following morning.
Crew:
Fw Ernst Breiler, pilot,
Lt Hans-Georg Froese, observer, †
Uffz Ernst Kerch, radio operator, †
Uffz Ewald Ofner, flight engineer. †

The crew departed RAF Newmarket at 1830LT on a leaflet dropping mission over Germany (operation 'Nickel'). En route, weather conditions deteriorated, forcing the crew to return to his base. On approach to RAF Mildenhall in heavy rain falls, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in Barton Mills, southeast of the airbase. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (99th Squadron):
P/O Alexander Stewart, pilot,
P/O John Nemours Carter, copilot,
AC1 Peter William Corvan, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC James Crawford Forster,
AC2 Frank Hart, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Kenneth Saxon, observer.

The crew was engaged in the reconnaissance's mission named 'Nickel' over Bremen, Germany. Some 11 minutes after takeoff from RAF Mildenhall, while climbing, the left engine failed. The crew elected to return when he lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located in Burnt Fen, some 11 km northwest of RAF Mildenhall. All six occupants were killed.
Crew (149th Squadron):
F/O Leo Reginald Field, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Wiffen, copilot,
Sgt James Chalmers Murdoch, observer,
LAC Ernest Harry Prior, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Laurence Bruce Hughson, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Thomas Edgeley Smith, air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from Westerland-Sylt Airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Sighard Donner,
Ofw Johann Pietzarka,
Ofw Lothar Grossmann,
Gefr Günter Kleingartner.

The crew was performing a reconnaissance mission on behalf of the 26th Squadron based in Schleswig. While approaching the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down and crashed into the sea off Coquet Island, killing all five occupants.
Crew (26th Squadron):
Hptmn Hans-Joachim Helm,
Uffz Karl Lassnig,
Uffz Heinrich Buchisch,
Ofw Artur Thiele,
Gefr Walter Rixen.

While cruising off the British coast on a reconnaissance mission on behalf of the 26th Squadron based in Schleswig, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of an RAF fighter. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing but with both engines on fire, the aircraft lost height and crashed into the sea some 7 miles offshore. All four crew were rescued and became PoW.
Crew (26th Squadron):
Oblt Ernst Heinrich, pilot,
Fw Karl Henrici, radio operator,
Uffz Hermann Jonas, observer,
Uffz Kurt Weinert, flight engineer.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1825 on February 26 on a maritime patrol flight off the German coast. While returning to England at night, the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed three miles south of Grimsby. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
S/L N. B. Norris, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Laidlaw Smith Smythe, pilot,
Sgt Percy Dryden Nixon, observer,
AC1 Hubert Everard Preston, wireless operator and air gunner.