Royal Air Force - RAF

The floatplane departed Enniskillen on a maritime patrol flight. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Donegal. The wreckage was found but no trace of the 12 crew members.
Crew (201st Squadron):
F/Lt Francis Wilfred Smith,
P/O John Percival Bartlett,
F/O Rodney Wyben Smith,
F/O Henry Kitchin,
F/Sgt Harold Stanislaus Mason,
F/Sgt Norman Clare,
F/Sgt John Frederick Charles Smith,
Sgt Arnold Alfred Rolfe,
Sgt Hugh Jones,
Sgt Kenneth Charles Nutt,
Sgt Gordon Walter Eric Jacobson,
LAC Eric Hopkinson.

The airplane was en route from RAF Husbands Bosworth to White Waltham when the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. Over Deepcut, south of Camberley, the airplane developed engine problems, lost altitude and crashed onto a building, bursting into flames. All three occupants were injured.

While on a training operation, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. In snow falls, both engines failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane collided with a telephone pole and a hedge before coming to rest in a field. All five crew members evacuated safely and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. After liftoff, it encountered difficulties to gain height, collided with trees and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and three others were seriously injured. Two days later, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew (21st ATU):
P/O Joseph Henry Kirk, pilot, †
P/O Harry Waugh, pilot, †
Sgt Wilfred Joseph Howson, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Marshall, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Alan James Brock,
Sgt T. Bethell.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an operation to the harbor of Palermo. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Frederick John Workman, pilot,
P/O Kenneth James Edward Smethurst, observer,
Sgt Vivian Thomas Lewis, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an operation to the harbor of Palermo. Flying along the north coast of Sicily, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Cape Zafferano. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr William Rattray Selkirk, pilot, †
P/O Frederick Clifford Ashley, observer, †
Sgt Sydney Phillips, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Luqa to attack the Palermo Harbor. Over Sicily, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the village of Santo Stefano Quisquina. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Matthew Cumming Houston, pilot,
P/O James O'Grady, observer,
Sgt Leonard John Frost, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Luqa to attack the Palermo Harbor. Over Sicily, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the village of Prizzi. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Jack Kendrick Ibbotson, pilot, †
P/O Donald Jack Clement, observer, †
Sgt Herbert Edward Graham, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a night patrol mission off Brest. It was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed on the north part of the Ushant Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Norman Scott Ferguson,
Sgt James Frederick Barnes,
Sgt Thomas Ratcliffe Calder,
Sgt Bert Clark Gillespie,
Sgt Garfield Stacey Harris,
Sgt Max Fred Sikal.

The airplane was on an operation to Brest when it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Plouguerneau. The entire crew was killed.
Crew:
P/O Mehdi Khan, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Denham, observer,
Sgt Robert Stewart Abbey McLarty, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Willison Turnbull, air gunner.