Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

The crew was taking part to a SAR mission following the missing of another RAAF B-25 Mitchell. While flying off the Perron Island, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Hilford Charles Easton, pilot,
W/O Gordon Sydney James King.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight in the south Pacific Ocean. The aircraft was lost without trace.

Shortly after take off from the Castle Archdale Seaplane Base, an engine failed. The crew jettisoned some charges and fuel. Later, the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed in Corlea, some 40 km south of RAF Castle Archdale. Three crew members were killed.

While landing at the Momote Seaplane Base, on Manus Island, the floatplane landed hard and came to rest with one wing sheared off and the bow collapsed. The captain was killed while all five other occupants were injured.

The crew left Port Vila Airport on a maritime patrol flight but failed to return. SAR operations were conducted but the wreckage and the four dead bodies were found six weeks later on the slope of a mountain on Malekula Island.
Crew:
F/Lt Francis Rolston,
P/O Norman Underwood,
F/O Alexander McInnes,
LAC Peter Crees.

The crew was involved in a night maritime patrol flight off the Virginia coast. In unknown circumstances, the seaplane crashed into the sea off Cape Henry, north of Virginia Beach. No trace of the aircraft nor the nine crew members was found.

The crew left Reykjavik on an anti-submarine patrol flight over the North Atlantic, and was scheduled to arrive at Wick Airport. On approach to Scotland, the crew encountered foggy conditions and the captain decided to divert to Stornoway. Shortly later, the seaplane hit a mountain on the Foula Island, off the Shetland archipelago. Seven crew members were killed while one occupant was seriously injured.
Crew (162nd Squadron):
WO2 Robert Densmore Harvey, †
F/S Elliott Courtney Watson,
WO2 John H. Knight, †
F/S Robert Wilford Ernest Townsend, †
F/O Abram Hildebrand, †
F/O Willis Hilson Lloyd, †
F/O George Gordon Bradshaw, †
P/O James Edwin Bowler. †
Source: http://www.canso11062.mikeharvey.ca/

The crew left Lake Charles AFB on a routine training exercise over the Gulf of Mexico. En route, the twin engine aircraft crashed in the sea for unknown reason. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Nosed over while landing off the Galapagos Islands. Five crew members were killed.

While cruising at a height of some 200 feet, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The crew lost control of the aircraft that plunged into the sea few km off shore. All eight occupants were killed.