Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

Belly landed near the Tetlin River while performing a survey flight. No casualties. The wreckage was recovered and preserved at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum at Anchorage-Lake Hood.

The crew was involved in a reconnaissance mission over the Hainan Island when it crashed in a mountainous region located some 50 miles south of Honghe. All eleven crew members were killed.

While performing a maritime patrol flight, the seaplane was shot down by the German submarine U-921 and crashed into the Norwegian Sea, some 240 km west of Kristiansund. All 12 occupants were killed.

While flying over the Baltic Sea, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. The wreckage was eventually found in 1951, showing bullet impacts.

The crew was engaged in a SAR mission following the disappearance the preceding day of another Caproni Ca.133 of the Swedish Air Force. En route, the three engine aircraft was shot down and crashed into the sea, killing all four crew members. It was later confirmed by eyewitnesses that the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. According to the Swedish Authorities, the aircraft was shot down while flying over the international waters.

Overshot on landing, hit an obstacle and crashed. Three crewmen were killed while all six other occupants were injured.

On final approach to RAF Martlesham Heath, the Walrus stalled and crashed in a field. The aircraft was wrecked while the crew fate remains unknown.

Crashed in unknown circumstances off Midway Island. All nine crewmen were killed.

The aircraft departed Hughes Airport at 0352LT bound for Millingimbi, to provide air cover for a convoy in the Arafura Sea. As the crew failed to make the dawn rendezvous, SAR mission was conducted and eventually suspended three days later as no trace of the aircraft was found. On October 8, 1946, the wreckage was found in a mangrove swamp called Paddy's Landing at Adelaide River, in the Northern Territory. All five occupants were killed.
Crew (2nd Squadron):
Colin Desmond, pilot,
Richard James,
Russell Lindsay,
Harold John,
Robert Gordon.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Mediterranean Sea. En route, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by mistake by a RAF Beaufighter and crashed into the sea. All five crewmen were killed.
Crew (500th Squadron):
F/O Wayne Sheldon Shea,
F/O Vernon Clifford Pockson,
P/O Frederick Joseph Schmidt,
W/O Henry Ernest Parsloe,
Sgt John Philip Taylor.