Hatston AFB (Kirkwall)

The crew was engaged in a mission on behalf of the 271st Squadron. While taxiing, the aircraft went out of control and hit a dispersal pen before coming to rest. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, all occupants were uninjured.

The twin engine airplane departed Hatston to transfer personnel in Donibristle, north of Edinburgh. En route, the crew encountered poor visibility due to rain falls when the airplane impacted the slope of a hill in Kempstone Hill, near Cowie. All six occupants were killed.
Crew (782nd Squadron):
P/O Walter C. Jones, pilot,
F/O Margaret Ethne Jean Dobson, copilot and navigator.
Passengers:
Lt Frederick Penrose Tennyson,
F/Lt J. L. Day,
Mr. Charles William Young, employee of Vickers Armstrong,
Mr. T. McCabe.

The airplane departed RAF Hatston at 1620LT to bomb the harbor of Bergen. Approaching the target, the airplane was shot down by Flak and crashed in the harbor. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Alick C. Heath, pilot,
Sgt Stanley A. Nicholls, observer,
Lt Robin B. Nuthall.

The float plane departed RAF Hatston on an anti-submarine mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Fair Isle, between Shetland and Orkneys. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Leonard Smeathers, pilot,
Msm Paul Lorraine Furber, observer,
Nav Charles Edwin Adams, air gunner.

Following an uneventful flight from Glasgow, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances while on approach to RAF Hatston near Kirkwall. The aircraft was destroyed and all 9 occupants were uninjured.

The crew was engaged in a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea. While taxiing at RAF Hatston, near Kirkwall, the aircraft went out of control and collided with a hangar. All crewmen were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.