Gulf of Bengal

The twin engine aircraft departed Tambaram AFB (southwest of Chennai) at 0830LT for a 3-hour flight to Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands. While cruising at the assigned altitude of 23,000 feet about 280 km east of Chennai, the aircraft entered a left turn then an uncontrolled descent until it crashed in the sea. SAR operations were initiated but definitively abandoned on 3 October 2016 as no trace of the aircraft nor the 29 occupants was found.

The crew left Minneriya Airport in Sri Lanka for a maritime patrol mission of 18 hours over the Bay of Bengal. En route, an engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft. All 11 occupants were rescued while the aircraft sank one hour after the accident.

While on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Bengal, the four-engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese fighter and was lost at sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (160th Squadron):
W/O J. Cohen, pilot,
F/O T. R. Pallet, copilot,
F/Sgt F. Somerville, navigator,
Sgt F. Bless, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt A. J. N. Owen, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt H. Isey, wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O L. A. Munson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt F. E. Naylor, wireless operator and air gunner.

Lost without trace in the Bay of Bengal, off the Andaman Islands, while on a maritime patrol flight. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

The airplane departed Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport on a maritime patrol flight. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the Gulf of Bengal. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald John Tompkins, pilot,
Sgt Richard Heseltine, observer,
AC1 William Arthur Ayres, wireless operator and air gunner.