Oban

The airplane departed RAF Sullom Voe on a maritime patrol flight. For unknown reasons, it crashed into the sea off Oban. Four crew members were killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Edward George Baker, †
F/Sgt Ronald Michael Anderson Levis, †
Sgt Roderick Malcolm Mackenzie, †
Sgt George Henry Newton, †
Sgt G. A. Elder,
F/Sgt W. O. Morgan,
Sgt A. W. Gray,
F/Sgt R. Clayton,
Sgt R. W. Dickson.

The floatplane was returning to Oban following an overhaul at Helensburgh. Approaching Oban, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions and decided to delay the landing and to complete a circuit south of the destination. While cruising in clouds, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Cruach na Seilcheig located on the north side of the Isle of Jura. The wreckage was found the following day. A crew member was found alive while seven other occupants were killed.
Crew:
S/L Patrick Stuart Hutchinson, pilot, †
P/O Edward Ruxton Pinches, pilot, †
Sgt Edwin Cyril Graham, wireless operator, †
Cpl James Calder Kinniard, †
Cpl Tudor Simner-Jones, †
LAC Charles Arthur Kew, †
AC1 Ronald Fearnley, †
AC1 J. Kelly.

The floatplane departed Oban (Argyll) on a maritime patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean when it crashed in unknown circumstances off the Irish coast. SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the 13 crew members was found.
Crew (209th Squadron):
F/O Peter Thomas Anderson,
W/C John Edmond Bainbridge,
F/O Edmund Franklin Cragg,
CPL William Charles Davis,
F/S Michael Charles Daniell,
F/S Ronald Leslie Dingle,
P/O Ronald John Fyfe,
Sgt Thomas Owen Lewis,
Sgt James McIntosh McDonald,
LAC Albert Edwards McQuitty,
Sgt Alan Robert Taylor,
Sgt William Ernest Tilley,
F/O Richard Patrick Turner.

The airplane overshot the flare and crashed in poor weather conditions off Oban. All seven crew members were rescued.
Crew:
LAC S. L. Gardner +6.

The crew departed Ardantrive Bay, off Oban, at 0335LT bound to the west on an escort mission. About an hour into the flight, the crew encountered bad weather conditions and the captain decided to return to his departure point. Upon landing in the Ardantrive Bay, the seaplane hit waves and the right float was torn off. The aircraft plunged into the sea and sank. All nine crew members from the 209th Squadron were rescued and the aircraft was lost.

Took off from Oban at 1130LT but was forced to return at 1230LT due to bad weather. Approaching Oban, the pilot decided to land well out in the Firth of Lorne due to poor visibility. Apparently owing to an error in judgment, he stalled the aircraft onto the water, causing it to bounce several times some 5 miles west of Oban off the lighthouse, at the southern point of Lismore Island. In doing this, the starboard wing tip float was knocked off and the aircraft heeled over, causing water to enter through the windows. All the crew managed to get out into the water before the aircraft sank. Unfortunately, the pilot was killed while three other crew members were missing.
Crew (209th Squadron):
F/S George A. Corby, pilot, †
P/O W. E. Ogle-Skan,
AC2 Taylor,
AC1 Richard J. Webber, †
AC2 Lawrence H. Trumay, †
LAC George Peterson. †

Sources: CWGC and Ross McNeill, Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War, 1939-1941

En route from Oban to Calshot, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and continued to Holyhead where another London was already moored. On final approach in poor visibility (less than 200 yards), the crew completed a right turn at low height when the right float touched the water surface, causing the aircraft to crash in the Holyhead Bay. Both crewmen were injured and the float plane sank 10 minutes later.
Crew:
P/O Willis,
P/O H. A. B. Porteous.