Crash of a Douglas C-47 into the Baltic Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L928
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
On a supply mission from Polan (30 km southeast of Šiauliai) to target No. 36 of the NKGB 80 km southwest of Danzig in poor weather by night when was lost over the Baltic Sea somewhere off the coast of Eastern Prussia. The last contact with the aircraft was 120 km southwest of Memel. All 5 crew and both passengers (NKGB officers) were considered as deceased as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina into the Atlantic Ocean: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
34013
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1567
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in unknown circumstances. All seven crew members were killed.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator into the North Sea: 9 killed

Date & Time: Oct 4, 1944 at 1200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
FL937
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
177
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
While overflying the North Sea, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 112 km of the Norwegian coast. All nine crew members (Czech citizens) were killed.
Crew:
P/O Jaroslav Hara,
W/O Štefan Jaros,
F/Sgt Karel Katz,
F/O Frantisek Koranda,
F/Sgt Michal Kubina,
F/Sgt Jozef Remenár,
Sgt Bedrich Sklár,
F/Sgt Alois Stocek,
F/Sgt Frantisek Veitl.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL into the North Sea

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1944 at 1652 LT
Operator:
Registration:
43-15139
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
19605
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The C-47 took off at 1240LT on a glider tow mission towing a Waco CG-4A. The objective was to tow the glider to Landing Zone W, located north of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Over Breda at 1600LT the flight ran into an intense concentration of light flak and the left engine was hit and began trailing smoke. The pilot continued to the LZ and released the glider at 1615LT. While returning to the U.K., about 22 miles from the Dutch coast the left engine went out. The left prop was feathered, but it immediately unfeathered. By this time the aircraft was filling up with smoke and the radio operator caught sight of flames under the floor. The pilot nosed the plane down at 220 mph indicated airspeed from 4,000 feet indicated altitude, turned into the wind and started to level at 1,000 feet. The plane was brought in a tail low attitude and was ditched at 1652LT. The crew escaped and deployed a dinghy from which they were rescued after about 15 minutes.
Source:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19440918-22
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A Dakota III into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
KG592
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brussels - Down Ampney
MSN:
13315
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Lost without trace in the North Sea while performing a flight from Brussels to RAF Down Ampney.

Crash of a Martin PBM-3D Mariner into the Pacific Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
45226
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
45226
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
En route, an engine suffered technical problems and the captain elected to ditch the aircraft. In unknown circumstances, the seaplane went out of control and crashed into the sea some 1,500 km east of the Marshall Islands. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-80-DL into the Atlantic Ocean: 8 killed

Date & Time: Aug 21, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
43-15162
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gibraltar - St Mawgan
MSN:
19628
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew left Gibraltar bound for RAF Newquay-St Mawgan, Cornwall. En route, the aircraft encountered poor weather conditions and likely crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. No trace of the aircraft nor the eight occupants was ever found.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IIIA into the Pacific Ocean: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NZ2066
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Nausori - Whenuapai
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft left Nausori Airport at 0600LT with five other similar aircraft bound for Whenuapai, in New Zealand. En route, the weather conditions worsened and while in a thick cloud layer, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea. SAR operations were conducted for almost a week but no trace of the aircraft nor the seven crew members was ever found.
Crew (4th Squadron):
F/O Norman Beard,
W/O Arthur Dunstan,
Sgt Thomas Carey,
Sgt Robert Gillespie,
P/O Ivan Johnson,
F/Sgt Thomas Ward,
F/O John Waugh.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IIIA into the Pacific Ocean: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1944 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NZ2044
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Nausori - Whenuapai
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft left Nausori Airport at 0600LT with five other similar aircraft bound for Whenuapai, in New Zealand. En route, the weather conditions worsened and while in a thick cloud layer, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea. SAR operations were conducted for almost a week but no trace of the aircraft nor the seven crew members was ever found.
Crew (4th Squadron):
F/Lt Wilbur Lange,
Sgt George Bryant,
P/O Kenneth Ross,
F/O Sydney Aldridge,
P/O Kenneth Marshall,
F/O Jack Olson,
F/O David Stewart.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-30-DK into the Atlantic Ocean

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
KG784
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
14016/25461
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, a dual engine failure forced the crew to ditch the aircraft into the Atlantic Ocean, some 320 km off Natal. The aircraft was lost but the crew fate remains unknown. The crew was on his way to deliver the aircraft.
Probable cause:
Dual engine failure.