Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

While returning to RAF Thorney Island following a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea, the aircraft went out of control on final approach and plunged into the sea, few hundred yards offshore. All four crew members were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew (48th Squadron):
P/O Carson C. Proby,
P/O B. A. P. Williams,
LAC W. McIlvenney,
LAC A. V. Wallace.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea. A crew as killed and three others were rescued.
Crew:
Ofw Bernhard Lippert, pilot,
Lt Heinz Weinling, observer, †
Fw Georg Klare,
Uffz Karl Stöckinger.

The airplane departed Singapore-Kallang on a reconnaissance mission. During the takeoff roll, a tyre burst. The airplane started to swerve on runway, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. All three crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane suffered an engine failure and was ditched into the North Sea some 185 km north of Norderney. All four crew members were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.

The airplane departed RAF Detling at 0450LT on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. While cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Goodwin Sands, Kent. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Arthur Bate,
Sgt James Clements Love,
LAC William Thomas Harrison.

The airplane departed RAF Detling at 0450LT on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. While cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea some 3 km off Dunkirk. Two crew members were killed and a third bailed out and was rescued.
Crew:
F/O John William Baird, pilot, †
P/O George Watson Spiers, observer,
Sgt Richard Roskrow, air gunner. †

Crashed while on a night approach to RAF Detling following a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. A crew member was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
P/O David E. Bond, pilot,
Cpl Petts,
LAC Fish,
F/O Richard C. Chambers, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Wick at 1115LT on a maritime patrol flight along the Norwegian coast. While approaching Stavanger, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Sola Airport. Three crew members were killed while the fourth occupant was recued and became PoW.
Crew (269th Squadron):
P/O Albert V. N. Bartlett, †
P/O William N. Hammond, †
Sgt Albert A. Townsend, †
LAC S. MacKenzie.

The crew departed RAF Detling at 1450LT on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. While flying along the Belgian coast, off Ostende, the twin engine aircraft was attacked by the pilots of three German Me.109. Several bullets hit the wings and the ailerons and the crew decided to return to UK. While approaching the British coast, an engine failed, forcing the pilot to ditch the aircraft off Kent at 1830LT. All four occupants were quickly rescued by the crew of a British destroyer while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew (48th Squadron):
F/O G. H. Wherry,
P/O G. C. Alington,
Cpl A. D. C. Harding,
LAC L. S. Dilnutt.

The airplane departed RAF Detling at 1131LT on a patrol mission over Calais. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea about 10 km north of Dunkirk. All three crew members took place in a dinghy and were later recovered.
Crew:
P/O J. R. Cronan, pilot,
Sgt A. O. Lancaster, observer,
LAC Peebles, wireless operator and air gunner.