Hoy Island

The crew was returning to his base in Wick following a maritime patrol flight above the North Atlantic. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, high winds and heavy snow falls. The aircraft impacted the slope of a mountain located on Hoy Island. The wreckage was found about 100 feet below the summit. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (311st Squadron):
W/O Oldrich Bures, pilot,
Sgt Milos Bodlak, copilot,
F/Sgt Otto Mandler, navigator,
F/Sgt Zdenek Launer, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Ivo Karel Englander, wireless operator air gunner,
Sgt Martin Dorniak, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Antoni Bednar, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/Sgt Jaroslav Zapletal, wireless operator and air gunner.

The twin engine airplane departed Wick Airport at 0550LT on a convey escort patrol mission. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds and lost his bearings. While flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Withi Gill and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (220th Squadron):
Sgt Richard Douglas Harris, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Edward Towe, copilot,
Sgt Howard Collard Street, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Wilfred Wood, wireless operator and air gunner.
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The airplane departed Westerland-Sylt Airport on a reconnaissance mission with four crew members on board. While flying over the Orkneys, the airplane was shot down by ground fire and crashed near the mouth of Pegal Burn. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Obltn Walter Flaemig, †
Ofw Faust, †
Uffz Attenburger, †
Uffz Fritz Ambrosius.