Royal Air Force - RAF

The aircraft was involved in an escort mission. By night, the crew encountered technical problems with an engine and the captain decided to ditch the aircraft at 0030LT. Two crew members were killed while six others were rescued.
Crew (86th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Richard Fast,
Sgt Hollick.

An undercarriage collapsed on landing at Reykjavik Airport. The aircraft slid on runway for several yards before coming to rest. While all occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

En route, control was lost following an engine failure. The aircraft went into a spin and during the descent, one of the wing failed. The aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed, killing all five crewmen.
Crew:
Sgt Lambert G. Williams, pilot,
Sgt William P. Morrison, wireless operator,
AC2 Patrick Clarke,
ATC Albert E. Dawson,
AC2 Edward E. Suckling.

The crew left RAF Hamworthy (Poole, Dorset) at 1900LT on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay and was scheduled to return a day later around 1400LT. The seaplane failed to return and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in unknown circumstances. No trace of the aircraft nor the 10 crew members was ever found.

The crew was engaged in a mission to attack the German submarine U-417 cruising in the north Atlantic Ocean. During the attack, the aircraft was hit by bullets and the crew decided to ditch some 200 km northwest of the Feroe Islands. While the aircraft sank and was lost, all eight crew members were rescued.
Crew (206th Squadron):
W/C R. B. Thomson 7.

While cruising at an altitude of 6,700 feet, both engines misfired and the left engine failed shortly later. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in a pasture at Chatsworth Park, near Bakewell. While all six occupants were slightly injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair due to severe damages to the airframe.
Crew (14th OTU):
F/O Leo Braham Patkin, pilot,
P/O Robert Lindsay Bienvenu, navigator,
P/O John Leslie Tolmie, air bomber,
P/O William Neil Fisher,
Sgt William Donald Blackwell, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Balmer, air gunner.

Following an uneventful maritime patrol flight, the seaplane was flying by night over the land in south of Spain when it hit a mountain slope located near Puerto el Cabrito, between Tarifa and Algeciras. Eight crew members were killed while two others were rescued.
Crew (202nd Squadron):
F/Sgt Harold Sterling Brown 9.

On touchdown, a tyre burst. The aircraft skidded for several yards before coming to rest. While all eight occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The aircraft was engaged in a maritime patrol flight over the Biscay Bay on a SAR mission following the recent crash of a BOAC DC-3. En route, the seaplane was attacked by eight German Junkers JU.88. Despite the situation and damages, the pilot was able to leave the combat zone and flew back to the UK. While approaching the coast of Cornwall, the captain decided to ditch the aircraft few hundred yards off shore. A crew member was killed while all other occupants were unhurt. The aircraft was later wrecked by tides and waves.
Crew (461th Squadron):
C. B. Walker, pilot,
W. J. Dowling, copilot,
J. C. Amiss, pilot,
P. K. Turner, flight engineer,
E. C. E. Miles, flight engineer, †
K. M. Simpson, navigator,
E. A. Fuller, wireless operator and air gunner,
A. Lane, wireless operator and air gunner,
S. F. Miller, wireless operator and air gunner,
R. M. Goode, wireless operator and air gunner,
L. S. Watson, air gunner,

Crashed in unknown circumstances.