Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

The floatplane suffered a technical failure upon takeoff and crashed into the sea some 5 km north of Warnemünde. There were no casualties among the crew.

The floatplane departed RAF Sullom Voe on a maritime patrol flight along the Norwegian coast and Tromsø. The airplane failed to return from operation and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
W/Cdr Richard Gustav Briese, pilot,
F/O Carson Carysfort Proby, pilot,
AC1 Arthur Harry Agus,
AC1 Thomas Harvey Atkin,
Sgt Robert Edward Austin,
AC2 William Benson,
Sgt Leonard Joseph Harris,
P/O Walker Julius Hoover,
Sgt Kenwyn Charles Lawry,
F/Sgt William Howe Martin.

The airplane failed to return from a reconnaissance mission on the western front.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1909LT on a maritime patrol flight. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Le Havre. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Fraser Rogerson, pilot,
P/O Robert Arban Gee, observer,
Sgt Arthur Simpson Riddell, radio operator,
F/Sgt Michael Leslie Sharpe, air gunner.

The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Barents Sea with a crew of five on board. It failed to return from operation and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt Alexander Stepanovich Gorokhov, pilot,
2nd Lt Lev Ivanovich Matveev, navigator,
Lt Yakov Ignatievich Lazuka, navigator,
Fedor Yakovlevich Bublik, mechanic,
Sgt Ivan Ivanovich Kupriev, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was completing a patrol mission when the airplane suffered an engine failure. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed near Lake Vänern, in the region of Lidköping. All four crew members were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Saint Eval at 1350LT on a maritime patrol flight over the Celtic Sea. Due to a navigation error, the airplane flew to France and passed over Brest at an altitude of 2,000 feet when it ran out of fuel. The crew abandoned the airplane that crashed in Tréflez. Two crew became PoW and two others evaded.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Milroy Gay, pilot,
Sgt J. M. Powell, observer,
Sgt Archibald H. Graham, radio operator,
W/O Stanley Tyson, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight in the North Sea. While cruising at night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the floatplane crashed into the sea south of Husøya Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Schenker, pilot,
Lt Günther Schast, observer,
Gefr Georg Heller, radio operator,
Uffz Otto Hilger, mechanic,
Ogefr Franz Hell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Coates on a maritime patrol flight. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea, maybe off the Dutch coast.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Leslie Butt, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Arthur Dawes,
Sgt Sidney Robert Longhurst,
Sgt William Timothy Udale.

The airplane departed RAF Thornaby on a maritime patrol flight along the Norwegian coast. While flying in limited visibility due to poor weather conditions, the airplane impacted the slope of a wooded hill on the Hidra Island located south of Flekkefjord. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (608th Squadron):
F/Sgt William Colin Eugene Broomhead, pilot,
Sgt Basel Lawson Thomas, pilot,
Sgt John Miller Christie, wireless operator,
Sgt George Law, wireless operator.