Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF

While cruising over Timor, the twin engine aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a Japanese Mitsubishi Zero. The captain ordered his crew to bail out. When he bailed out and was later rescued, he realized that all four other crew remained on board and were killed when the aircraft crashed.
Crew:
F/O Sidney G. Wadey, pilot,
P/O Stanley W. Faull, †
Sgt Francis M. O'Reilly, †
Sgt Gould W. Herbert, †
Sgt William R. Edeson. †

The crew was involved in a training exercise from Mount Gambier Airport. En route, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in Reedy Creek, some 19 km southeast of Kingston. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (2nd AOS):
Sgt William Nathaniel Higham Flemming,
Sgt John Edward Moorhouse,
LAC Charles Thomas Fletcher,
LAC William Ross Bremner Fenton,
Sgt Malcolm Albert Thiele.

The crew was performing a training mission to Bairnsdale. While completing the approach circuit, at a height of 2,000 feet to join the glide path, the twin engine aircraft pitch down up to 35°, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 7 miles southeast of the airport. Both crew members were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
P/O A. G. Gray,
AC1 D. M. O'Loughlin.

The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight over the Arafura Sea when the twin engine aircraft crashed into the sea off Saumlaki, on Pulau Jamdena Island. All four crew were killed.
Crew (2nd Squadron):
F/O Robert C. Muecke,
F/O Frank S. Moss,
P/O Lloyd M. Miners,
Sgt James E. Laman.

The twin engine aircraft took off from 7-Mile Aerodrome located near Port Moresby, on a solo mission to shadow an enemy cruiser force in the Gulf of Huon. Two hours after take off, while returning to his base, the crew was attacked by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and tried to escape. Ten minutes later, the aircraft was shot down and crashed in a dense wooded area located near the village of Popogo, in the region of Buna. The wreckage was sited on February 28, 1943. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (32nd Squadron):
P/O Warren Frank Cowan,
P/O David Reid Taylor,
Sgt Russell Bradburn Polack,
Sgt Lauri Edwin Sheard.

The crew was performing a flight from Townsville to Cooktownn when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Queensland. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

After a flight from Horn Island, and while approaching Amberley by night, the crew became lost and continued to the south. By night, and probably short of fuel, the twin engine aircraft crashed into the sea some 3 km off Broken Head and sunk by 57 meters deep, off Tallow Beach, between Broken Head and Byron Bay. All ten occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Robert Thomas Trigg,
Sgt Douglas John Lovejoy,
Sgt Gavin Athole Laurie Mclaren,
Sgt Gordon William George Ridge,
Sgt David Leslie Bradley,
LAC Edward George Kimmins,
LAC William Edwards Evans,
LAC Harold Wilmot Johnstone,
LAC Frederick Albert Charles Wood,
AC1 Edward George Merefield.

The crew left Horn Island Airport at 2300LT on a combined flight to Salamaua (PNG) with three other similar aircraft. While flying over the Coral Sea, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. No trace was ever found.
Crew (32nd Squadron):
F/Lt Patrick Randal McDonnell,
P/O Alexander Mackay Petrie,
P/O Randolph Loring Fairfax,
Sgt Murray Charles Ellis.

En route, while cruising off Timor, the crew informed ground about the failure of the right engine, tried to return to his base on one engine with an ETA at 1604LT. Shortly later, the aircraft crashed into the sea, killing all five occupants. Some debris were found in November 1942.
Crew (13th Squadron):
P/O Gordon Robert Crawford, pilot,
Sgt Maurice McGuire, pilot,
P/O Brian Ernest Long,
P/O Colin Vivian Cantor, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Laurence Rex Hayward, wireless operator and air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from Canberra Airport, the port engine failed. The aircraft lost height, impacted trees and crashed 3 km from the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt B. W. Graham,
Sgt R. C. Kupsch,
Sgt J. P. Craig,
Sgt G. G. Smith.