Odense

The crew was performing a cargo flight from Odense to Aarhus. While approaching Aarhus-Tirstrup Airport from the north, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The crew attempted an emergency landing in a field located in Grenå, about 20 km northeast of the airfield. Both pilots were evacuated and the aircraft was written off.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2330LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. About 0300LT, the crew reported serious problems with the right engine that propeller should be feathered. Eventually, the airplane was abandoned and crashed in Holluf, in the suburb of Odense. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Ralph Bagshaw Abraham, pilot,
Sgt George Reginald Duckham,
Sgt Eric Norman Foinette,
W/O Everett Emerson Littlefield,
Sgt Charles Frank Payne,
W/O David Richard Wardill.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1715LT on a mine laying operation off Kiel. Passing over Denmark, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Sanderum, in the southwest suburb of Odense. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Francis Hull, pilot,
F/Sgt Duncan Luin Todd, observer,
Sgt Samuel Jamieson, wireless operator,
Sgt Lynn Harding, wireless operator.

During the weekend, the airplane was taking part to local pleasance flight out from Dybvad, taking part to an airshow. On August 16, a takeoff was abandoned due to insufficient airspeed and the aircraft collided with a tree, damaging the radiator and the left wing. Basic repairs have been carried out and the airplane carried more than 70 people during several sorties on August 17. After its departure from Dybvad, while climbing to a height of about 400 metres, the aircraft suffered a wing failure. The left wing detached and the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in a tourb located in Siverslet, east of Dybvad. The pilot Johannes La Cour was killed and the passenger Olthaver Larsen was seriously injured.

The single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The passenger was injured and the pilot was killed.