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The airplane was engaged in a training flight when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Gulf of Thailand, about 96 km off the Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Two passengers were killed while 19 other occupants were rescued.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY Catalina I into the Gulf of Thailand: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Consolidated PBY Catalina

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Registration:

W8409

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight off Songkhla with nine crew members on board. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Maxwell Francis Campbell Farrar, pilot,
Sgt Henry John Bye,
Sgt William Cannon,
Sgt Neil Douglas Clayton,
Sgt Roger Maxwell Temple Draper,
Sgt Terence John Goggin,
Sgt Cedric Herbert Hall,
Sgt Raymond William Whitehouse,
F/O Stephen Percival Wilkins.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim into the Gulf of Thailand: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

Operator:

Registration:

L4913

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Bombing

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Kuantan - Kuantan

MSN:

8928

YOM:

1939

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire (Japanese forces) and crashed into the Gulf of Thailand. Two crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt William Ellis Bowden, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas Lewis Clarke, †
P/O Whitmore Alexander Bailey Logan. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.