Northern Territory

The crew was performing a reconnaissance mission over the Kaimana Bay. While returning to base in Darwin, the twin engine airplane was attacked by the pilots of two Japanese Mitsubishi Zero. An oil line on the right engine was damaged so the right engine was cut. The captain was able to leave the combat area and while approaching the Australian coast, due to fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to ditch the aircraft off Point Jahleel, Melville Island. The airplane sank and was lost and all five crew members were rescued.
Crew (18th Squadron):
2nd Lt R. L. N. Swane, pilot,
1st Lt A. J. de Wolf, copilot,
2nd Lt C. E. Begeman, bombardier,
Sgt Rouvroye, radio navigator,
Sgt William Charles Donald Moore, air gunner.

During a reconnaissance mission, the airplane was attacked by Japanese fighters. While returning to base, it crashed upon landing at Darwin Airport and was damaged beyond repair. There were no fatalities among the crew.

The crew departed Hughes Airfield on a local training exercise. During the final approach completed in poor weather conditions, the twin engine airplane lost height and crashed short of runway threshold. Four crew members were seriously injured while two others were killed. Few hours later, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor with low visibility and turbulence caused by a storm.
Crew (13th Squadron):
Sgt K. D. Brown,
Sgt W. R. Robertson, †
Lac K. E. G. Edwards,
Lac P. R. Lazarus,
Lac C. C. Jennings, †
Lac R. G. Bradley. †

Shortly after takeoff from MacDonald Airfield, while climbing, the crew encountered engine problems. The airplanes lost height and crashed in a huge explosion some 7 km from the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all nine crew members were killed.
Crew (18th Squadron):
S/Maj L. Schalk, pilot,
Sgt C. Hiele, copilot,
Sgt J. Janssen, wireless operator,
S/Maj N. W. Kessels, mechanic,
Sgt A. Maarschalkerweerd, mechanic,
Sgt G. F. Abeleven, mechanic,
Sgt David Leslie MacPherson, wireless operator,
Lac Max Temby Palamountain, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Oscar Walton, wireless operator.
Source: https://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nt83.htm

The crew was engaged in a survey flight over the Wetar Strait, off the Indonesian province of Timor. En route, the twin engine aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a Mitsubishi Zero. Several bullets hit the right engine and fuel tanks. The aircraft became uncontrollable but the crew was able to leave the area and to return to Batchelor for an emergency landing. Later, RAAF officers confirmed the death of a crew member while four other occupants were unhurt. The aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.
Crew (2nd Squadron):
F/O A. A. Cambridge,
Sgt G. H. Cooper,
Sgt T. I. Gunn,
F/O J. M. Barnes,
Sgt G. J. Thame. †

The airplane departed Kupang at 2333LT on November 23 on an operation to Darwin. Over the target area, it was shot down by an Australian fighter and crashed in Koolpinyah, some 37 km northeast of Darwin, bursting into flames. All nine crew members were killed. First Japanese aircraft shot down by an Australian pilot over the Australian mainland.
Crew:
Kiyoshi Akamatsu, pilot,
Saburo Takahashi, copilot,
Kaku Yoned, observer,
Tadashi Wada, observer,
Mitsuo Takano, observer,
Takeshi Nomiguchi, observer,
Houichi Fukuya, radio operator,
Ietomi Hachigou, radio operator,
Naoyuki Fujise, mechanic.

The crew was engaged in a bombing mission over Dili, Timor. On target, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire, causing an engine to fail. The crew attempted to return to Australia but while approaching Bathurst Island, the captain was forced to ditch the airplane off Cape Helvetius. The aircraft was lost and all seven crew members took refuge in a dinghy. A crew member died from injuries sustained while six others were rescued 17 hours later.
Crew (22nd BG):
Cpt Charles I. Hitchcock, pilot,
Sgt John A. Simms, copilot,
Sgt Joseph G. Schank, flight engineer,
1st Lt Albert J. Pilkington,
S/Sgt Pershing A. Arbogast,
S/Sgt Samuel F. Miller, bombardier,
Sgt Glenn A. Campbelll, air gunner. †

The crew was returning to Batchelor following an evacuation flight from Kendari, Indonesia. After being hit by enemy fire, the crew elected to return to his base in Australia but while flying between Darwin and Batchelor by night, the crew encountered engine problems. The captain was forced to feather the engine number 3 while the engine number 4 failed shortly later. The captain attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft nosed down and crashed near Noonamah, north of Batchelor. Three crew members were killed while both others were injured.
Crew (19th BG):
Cpt Weldon Smith, pilot,
Lt Everett Davis, bombardier,
Sgt Glover J. Burke,
Sgt Robert French,
Sgt Bryson West.

Due to poor weather conditions, the captain decided to postpone the departure for more than three hours. Two minutes after takeoff, while climbing at night, the airplane stalled and crashed in a desert area located few hundred metres from the airfield, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all nine occupants were killed.
Crew (21st Troop Carrier Squadron):
2nd Lt Russell L. Callison,
2nd Lt William A. O'Neill,
Pvt Martin J. Law,
Pvt Rolfe M. Smith.
Passengers:
2nd Lt Aubrey Lawless Tobias,
F/Lt Duncan Matheson,
Lac James Emmanuel Skillen +2.

The airplane departed Batchelor on an ambulance flight to Groote Eylandt, carrying one nurse and two crew members. While cruising over Arnhem Land, the crew became lost. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when it crashed in a swampy area and came to rest upside down. All three occupants escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. After 10 days in an hostile environment, the three survivors built a make-shift raft from aircraft parts and set off drifting down the Cato River. After several days they were located by Aborigines who took them to the Elcho Island Mission then on to the RAAF Station on Millingimbi Island, where they arrived 33 days after the crash.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis Smallhorn, pilot,
AC1 George Booth, radio operator.
Passenger:
Cpl Phillip Bronk, nurse.