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The crew departed RAF Bicester at 1020LT on a reconnaissance mission towards the Isle of Man. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Irish Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick George Bryant, pilot,
Sgt Phillip Geoffrey Vezey Hemsley, observer,
AC2 James Shearer, air gunner.

The float plane was shot down by the pilots of three RAF Lockheed Hudson and crashed into the North Sea some 100 km northeast of Aberdeen. All four crew members were rescued by the crew of the Danish steamer 'Teddy' and made PoW.
Crew:
Fw Willy Erich Nahs,
Lt Hans Wilhelm H. Hornkohl,
Uffz Hermann Alfred Pluntke,
Uffz Alforn Fait.

The aircraft departed RAF Dishforth at 2215LT on 01OCT1939 with Berlin as its target (leaflet dropping mission). While cruising some 180 miles east of Saint Abb, Scotland, the aircraft disappeared into the North Sea. The last radio transmission was recorded at 0505LT on October 2. No trace over the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (10th Squadron):
F/Lt John William Allsop, pilot,
P/O Alan Gordon Salmon, pilot,
AC1 John Rogerson Bell,
AC1 Alfred Francis Hill,
LAC Fred Ellison.

The float plane was shot down by the pilot of a RAF Blackburn Skua and crashed into the North Sea. A crew member was killed and three other became PoW after being rescued by the crew of HMS Somali.
Crew:
Lt Wilhelm Fhr. von Reizenstein, †
Lt Ernst Körner,
Uffz Heckt,
Uffz Schmalfeld.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Leuchars on a night mission over the North Sea. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed into the sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
F/O Harry Dale Green, pilot,
P/O Cedric Nicholas Whittington, copilot,
LAC John Lawrence Calpin,
AC1 Archibald Macrae Rodger.

For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to ditch the airplane into the Ionian Sea some 110 km southeast off Syracuse, Sicily. All four crew members were rescued.

The float plane departed Felixstowe on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. While flying in poor weather conditions, the airplane crashed into the sea. SAR operations did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the six crew members.
Crew:
F/O Arthur Frederick Barber,
F/O Frederick Ernest Royston King,
LAC Donald Fulcher,
AC1 David George Poeten Ash,
AC1 Walter Joseph Jeckells,
AC2 Leslie Samuel Freshwater.

The crew was engaged in a SAR mission in an attempt to find the vessel named 'Atlantis' which was missing. In unknown circumstances, the float plane crashed into the ocean some 240 km southeast of New York. Three crew members were killed while five others were rescued.

While landing offshore on rough sea, the seaplane hit several waves and eventually collided with HMS Pegasus. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all three crew members were rescued.

The seaplane named 'Cavalier' departed Port Washington Seaplane Base in Long Island at 1038LT on a transatlantic flight to Southampton with an intermediate stop in Hamilton, Bermuda. About two hours later, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and decided to modify his route to avoid a cumulonimbus area. Doing so, the aircraft lost height and while cruising in poor weather with low temperature, the pilot decided to return to his initial route when both inner engines stopped while both outboard engines lost power. In such situation, the captain decided to ditch the aircraft some 285 miles southeast of Port Washington. The radio operator was able to report his position and the aircraft sank about 15 minutes after ditching. The tanker named 'Esso Baytown' arrived on scene aroung midnight and his crew was able to evacuated 10 injured people while three others were killed, among them one crew member.
Crew:
M. R. Alderson, pilot,
Neil Richardson, copilot.