Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

The airplane failed to return to base following a maritime patrol flight over the Codling Bank and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Irish Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O W. J. Jewell,
F/O M. Prusek,
F/O S. Gruszecki,
AC1 J. W. March.

The seaplane was engaged in a reconnaissance flight in the region of Kavieng, New Ireland. Shortly after take off from the Kavieng's Bay, while climbing, the aircraft went out of control, crashed and sunk immediately in deep water. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew (11th Squadron):
S/L Tom Davies, pilot,
P/O Russell Hender, copilot,
Cpl Harry Hornby, flight engineer,
LAC Leslie Hoare, flight engineer,
LAC Fred Anthony, wireless operator,
LAC Brian Wilcox, wireless operator,
LAC John Marks, armourer,
LAC C. Ogilvie, rigger.

The airplane departed Westover AFB at the end of the afternoon on a maritime patrol flight off the east US coast after a German submarine have been located in this area. Following an uneventful mission, the crew returned to base in the evening. Approaching the coast, the crew noted that weather conditions deteriorated and that the visibility was low due to clouds down to 4,000 feet. The captain decided to continue the flight under the cloud layer but failed to realize that the wind was strong. While cruising at night and in snow falls, the twin engine airplane hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located on Mt Waternomee, in the White Mountain National Forest. SAR teams arrived on the scene two hours later and were able to evacuate five injured crew while two others were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Anthony Benvenutto, pilot,
2nd Lt Woodrow A. Kantner, copilot,
2nd Lt Fletcher Craig, navigator,
Pfc Richard G. Chubb, flight engineer,
Pfc Noah W. Phillips Jr., radio operator, †
Pfc Raymond F. Lawrence, bomb aimer, †
Robert P. Picard, photographer.

The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight off Songkhla with nine crew members on board. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Maxwell Francis Campbell Farrar, pilot,
Sgt Henry John Bye,
Sgt William Cannon,
Sgt Neil Douglas Clayton,
Sgt Roger Maxwell Temple Draper,
Sgt Terence John Goggin,
Sgt Cedric Herbert Hall,
Sgt Raymond William Whitehouse,
F/O Stephen Percival Wilkins.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight with three other similar airplanes. While approaching the coast of Manado at a height of 12,000 feet, the twin engine airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter. Out of control, it crashed into the sea off Manado. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (2nd Squadron):
F/Lt Arthur Robert Barton, pilot,
F/O Samuel William Clifford, copilot,
Sgt Bernard Samuel Bates, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Lake Mills, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight with three others similar airplanes. While approaching the region of Manado at a height of 12,000 feet, the twin engine airplane was shot down by 5-7 Japanese fighters that included zeros and floatplane fighters. Out of control, it crashed near the village of Ranowangoko and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (13th Squadron):
F/Lt Geoffrey Sattler, pilot,
Sgt John Graham Goode, copilot,
Sgt Reginald Anthony Desmond Hunter, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Matthew Roscoe Hodgson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight with three other similar airplanes. While approaching the coast of Manado at a height of 12,000 feet, the twin engine airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter. Out of control, it crashed into the sea off Manado and was lost. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (2nd Squadron):
F/O Peter Creighton Gorrie, pilot,
Sgt Wesley Leonard Morgan,
Sgt John Edward Farrington,
Sgt K. R. T. McCrackan.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight with three other similar airplanes. While approaching the coast of Manado at a height of 12,000 feet, the twin engine airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and crashed into the sea off Manado. Three crew were killed while the fourth swam 16 hours to reach the shore and was became a PoW.
Crew 2nd Squadron):
F/Lt Parker Henry Russell Hodge, pilot, †
P/O E. D. G. Howard, copilot,
Sgt Harold Claude Shore, †
Sgt Jack Mawdsley, wireless operator and air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Sullom Voe on a maritime patrol flight. For unknown reasons, it crashed into the sea off Oban. Four crew members were killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Edward George Baker, †
F/Sgt Ronald Michael Anderson Levis, †
Sgt Roderick Malcolm Mackenzie, †
Sgt George Henry Newton, †
Sgt G. A. Elder,
F/Sgt W. O. Morgan,
Sgt A. W. Gray,
F/Sgt R. Clayton,
Sgt R. W. Dickson.

The floatplane crashed into the sea off Kema while on a maritime patrol flight. No trace of the airplane nor the six crew members was found. Lost without trace.