Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

The airplane departed RAF Luqa at 0700LT to proceed with a check of the fleet based at Taranto Airport. While approaching Catania at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a Macchi M.C. 200 and crashed in the Mediterranea Sea off the Sicily coast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt René Duvauchelle, pilot,
Sgt George Taylor, observer,
Sgt Jacques Méhouas, wireless operator.

While taking off from the harbor of Stranrear, the floatplane went out of control and crashed into the bay. Two crew members were killed and seven others were injured. The airplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea on behalf of the 209th Squadron. Those killed were Sgt William George Evans (air gunner) and AC1 Thomas Middlebrook.

The airplane departed RAF North Coates on a maritime patrol flight off the Dutch and German coasts. It crashed in unknown circumstances off Texel Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Dennis Victor Wilfred Francis, pilot,
Sgt Robert James Farthing, observer,
Sgt John Windsor Unett, wireless operator,
F/O Edward Pennington, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ford on a maritime patrol flight. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel. Two crew members bailed out over the sea off Ventnor but drowned in the rough swell. The pilot continued and the airplane crash landed near Ventnor. The pilot was rescued.
Crew:
Sgt R. S. Loveridge, pilote,
F/Sgt Alexander Newman, observer,
F/Sgt George Southall, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an anti-fighter patrol mission over the West Country. The crew experienced engine trouble while over the Bristol Channel and abandoned the airplane that crashed near Marcham. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O N. J. Kerr,
P/O R. N. Harrison,
Sgt A. E. Moffatt,
Sgt J. Howell.

The airplane departed RAF Wittering in the evening of December 7 to proceed with a check of the blackout over Peterborough. During the patrol, weather conditions deteriorated and the crew encountered storm. The pilot apparently lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Elton, southwest of Peterborough. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
F/Lt John McCulloch Middlemore Hughes, pilot, †
Sgt F Blenkharn, observer,
Sgt Jack Richard Friend, wireless operator and air gunner. †

The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight along the east coast of England when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Hartlepool. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (220th Squadron):
F/O David Lingwood, pilot,
F/O Royffe Digby Masters, navigator,
Sgt Derek Vernon Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Edward James Pritchard, air gunner.

The airplane departed Port Sudan at 0430LT on a reconnaissance mission. It is believed that it was shot down around 0900LT by the pilot of an Italian fighter and crashed into the Red Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Gerald Rhodes, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Edmund Frank Hitchin,
Sgt Sidney Clarence Lewis.

The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight off the Irish coast when it suffered an engine failure. The pilot ditched the airplane off the Blasket Islands and the airplane drifted until it crashed on rocks. The crew was rescued three days later and interned.
Crew:
Uffz Wilhelm Krupp, pilot,
Oblt Konrad Neymeyr, observer,
Uffz Erwin Sack, radio operator,
Fw Hans Biegel, mechanic,
Ogefr Ernst Kalkowski, air gunner.

The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight when it crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Irish coast. No trace was ever found. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Böcker, pilot,
Lt Heinz Claus, observer,
Uffz August Gross, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Jenal, mechanic,
Uffz Paul Gems, mechanic.