Short S.25 Sunderland

The seaplane departed RAF Mount Batten on a SAR operation in the Atlantic Ocean after an RAF Vickers Wellington was missing. While attempting to land some 100 km southwest of Lorient, the seaplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the Bay of Biscay. A crew survived and was rescued while all 10 others were killed.
Crew:
F/O Roger Phillip Barker, †
F/Sgt Charles George Bentley, †
F/Sgt Thomas Alfred Betts, †
Sgt Ronald Fletcher, †
W/Cdr Neville Anthony Roy Halliday, †
F/O David Laurenti, †
Sgt William Alfred Ramsey, †
Sgt George Turner, †
Sgt Charles Leonard Unsworth, †
Sgt John Wright, †
F/O J. H. F. Watson.

The seaplane departed RAF Castle Archdale at 0855LT on an anti submarine mission in the River Clyde. Approaching friendly vessels in limited visibility due to poor weather conditions, the airplane was mistakenly shot down by friendly fire and crashed into the sea. A crew member was rescued while 11 others were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Walter Harry Wakefield, pilot, †
F/O James Robert Traill, †
F/Sgt Maurice John Tomley, †
P/O John Allen, †
Sgt Norman Williams, †
Sgt William Bluck, †
Sgt John Robert Goodings, †
Sgt Harry Scrace, †
Sgt Clifford Gurnet Fort, †
F/Sgt James Andrew Collins, †
Sgt Vivian Lewis, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Wheatley.

The airplane was engaged in an anti-submarine patrol mission over the Mediterranean Sea. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea somewhere off the Egyptian coast. Lost without trace.
Crew (230th Squadron):
F/O Jack Sedgwick Bentley,
F/O Albert Gordon Boswell Williams,
F/Lt Ephraim Hugh Brown,
F/Lt William A. Chapman,
P/O Eric Ernest Thomas Cattemull,
P/O Kenneth Frederick Harding,
P/O Herbert Reginald Nash,
F/Sgt Leonard Blashill,
F/Sgt Roland Lionel Manley,
Sgt William Bulman,
Sgt Alastair H. MacDonald,
Sgt Amon Riding,
Sgt Eric Sutherland Clutton Williams.

The seaplane departed Bathurst, Gambia, at 2255LT on June 10 on a maritime patrol flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone. As the aircraft failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted but no trace of the seaplane or its crew was found.
Crew (95th Squadron):
P/O Jack Pybus,
F/O James Morphett Henderson,
F/O Raymond Walter Lawrence,
P/O David John Whalley,
Sgt Vincent Cromer,
Sgt John Edward Burley,
Sgt Raymond George Greenman,
Lac Jordon McLeod McNeill,
Ac1 Herbert Kitchener McCombie.

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.

En route from Birżebbuġa to Abukir, while flying along the Libyan coast, the seaplane was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed into the sea near RAF Apollonia. All 12 crew members were rescued, some were injured. A day later, one died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/O Bernard Ernest Lynch Odhams, †
F/Lt S. W. R. Hughes,
F/Lt P. D. Squires,
P/O H. D. Jillings,
P/O R. J. Murphu,
F/O E. B. Knight,
Sgt V. A. C. Robinson,
Sgt D. W. Barnett,
Sgt A. W. Darling,
Sgt G. Stewart,
Sgt J. Dupont,
Lac L. G. Remblence.

The floatplane departed RAF Mount Batten on a maritime patrol flight with a crew of 15 on board. Shortly after liftoff, while climbing, it went out of control and crashed into the sea some 200 yards offshore. Eleven crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
F/Lt David James Fletcher, pilot, †
AC1 Kenneth William Bennett, †
AC1 Robert Cunningham, †
LAC James Wallace Douglas, †
LAC John Burnett Hides, †
Cpl John Humphrey Martin, †
F/Sgt Herbert Frederick Mitchell, air gunner, †
AC2 James Robinson, †
Sgt Herbert Leslie Southall, †
LAC John Hay Wallace, †
AC2 William Watson, †
Sgt G. F. H. Booth,
P/O W. W. Ince,
Sgt H. S. Lodge,
Sgt A. Penny.

While engaged in a maritime patrol flight, the floatplane went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 2,5 miles off Carrowmore, near Doonbeg. Nine crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew (201st Squadron):
F/Lt James Grant Fleming, pilot,
P/O Wilfred Sefton Emmett, pilot, †
Sgt Eric Willows Jackson, pilot, †
P/O Eric Gerald Marker, observer, †
Sgt Sydney James, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Maurice Walter Gerald Fox, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt James Cannell Masterton, wireless operator and air gunner,
LAC Frederick Walter Lea, flight engineer, †
LAC Arthur Doncaster, †
LAC Andrew Patrick Walker, †
AC1 Albert Everall Bennett. †

The floatplane and its crew was dropping depth charges when it was shot down by enemy fire coming from the Italian submarine named 'Delfino'. It went out of control and crashed into the sea some 22 km off the Libyan coast. Four crew members were rescued and eight others were killed.
Crew (230th Squadron):
F/Lt Engert Brand, pilot,
P/O Ernest Edward Dennis, pilot,
F/O Raymond Edward Packington, pilot, †
F/O Robert Miles East, observer, †
F/Sgt Robert Horsburgh, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt George Cyril Starkey, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Ivor Mell, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt William Murray White, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Stephen Edward Gould, air gunner, †
Sgt Edward Shoosmith, air gunner, †
Sgt W. H. Yates, air gunner,
LAC Geoffrey Elliot Cooper, radio operator. †

The floatplane departed RAF Mount Batten at 2100LT on a maritime patrol flight. While returning to base at night, the airplane overshot the flare path and crashed on rocks at Milford Haven. Three pilots were seriously injured while nine other crew members were slightly injured. The aircraft was destroyed. Two pilots later died from injuries sustained. All crew were from the Royal Australian Air Force.
Crew:
F/Lt Domville-Hogg,
S/L Albert Norman Hick, †
F/O Ronald Bruce Scutts, †
F/Lt T. V. Stokes,
Sgt S. J. Nichel,
Cpl E. S. Ingram,
AC1 T. J. Sheridan,
LAC B. F. Minton,
Cpl L. S. Y. Benham,
AC1 R. Draper,
Cpl J. H. Evans.