Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Prestwick - Prestwick

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En route, an engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft off Girvan. The radio operator sunk with the aircraft and drowned. All three other occupants took refuge in a dinghy and were rescued three hours later.

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Engine failure.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IVA into the Timor Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1942 at 1520 LT

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A16-132

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414-6061

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1941

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En route, while cruising off Timor, the crew informed ground about the failure of the right engine, tried to return to his base on one engine with an ETA at 1604LT. Shortly later, the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing all five occupants. Some debris were found in November 1942.
Crew (13th Squadron):
P/O Gordon Robert Crawford, pilot,
Sgt Maurice McGuire, pilot,
P/O Brian Ernest Long,
P/O Colin Vivian Cantor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Laurence Rex Hayward, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Engine failure.

Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland I into the Atlantic Ocean: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1942

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Short S.25 Sunderland

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L5805

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Bathurst - Freetown

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The aircraft left Bathurst at 2255LT on June 10 on a maritime patrol flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone. As the aircraft failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted but no trace of the seaplane was ever found.
Crew (95th Squadron):
P/O J. Pybus,
F/O J. M. Henderson,
F/O R. W. Lawrence,
P/O D. J. Whalley,
Sgt V. Cromer,
Sgt J. E. Burley,
Sgt R. G. Greenman,
LAC J. M. McNeill,
AC1 H. K. McCombie.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I near Sale: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1942 at 2005 LT

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A16-39

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

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Plain, Valley

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Bairnsdale - Bairnsdale

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414-1890

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1940

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Captain / Total hours on type:

102.00

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The crew left Bairnsdale Airfield in the afternoon with two others RAAF Lockheed Hudson on a reconnaissance mission. At 1614LT, ground instructed all crew to return to the airbase due to the deterioration of the weather conditions. The crew of A16-39 followed another route for undetermined reason. Both other Hudson landed without further incident while A16-39 crashed 500 yards from a private house located in Longpoint, near Sale. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (7th Squadron):
S/L James W. McGilvray, pilot,
Sgt M. J. Gawith, observer,
Sgt F. R. Walton, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt E. W. Bayley, wireless operator and air gunner.

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The right engine failed in flight following unknown mechanical problems.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina off Newfoundland: 10 killed

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1942

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04404

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

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Newfoundland

Newfoundland & Labrador

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Canada

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North America

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The crew was involved in a maritime patrol mission over the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Newfoundland. The seaplane was lost without trace.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina into the Gulf of Mexico: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1942

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05023

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The crew was involved in a maritime patrol flight over the Gulf of Mexico when the seaplane disappeared. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Crash of a Martin PBM-1 Mariner into the Atlantic Ocean: 12 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1942

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Martin PBM Mariner

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1250

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The crew was involved in a SAR mission following the sinking of the USS Westmoreland sunk by the German U-Boat U-566. While flying at low altitude, the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances some 100 km off Hamilton. No trace of the aircraft nor the 12 crew members was ever found. The aircraft was believed to have been caught in a downdraft at approximately 37° N and 66° W.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson III off Ameland Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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V9122

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The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight. En route, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson off Ameland Island

Date & Time: May 30, 1942

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AM929

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