Lough Erne

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Lough Erne off Enniskillen while on a training exercise. Nine crew members were rescued while two others were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Muir Gall, pilot,
P/O James Leslie Hodgson, copilot, †
F/O John Colliver Hamer, copilot,
Sgt Thomas Galbraith Grosvernor. †

Following an uneventful maritime patrol mission over the Atlantic, the aircraft and its crew were returning to RAF Lough Erne. In the early morning, while approaching the Irish coast from the west, the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Clare Island, west of Wesport. All 11 crew members were killed.
Crew (422nd Squadron):
F/O Ernest F. Paige, pilot,
F/O James W. Clarke, pilot,
Sgt William G. Hopps, pilot,
W/O Wallace Roy Thompson, navigator,
Sgt James Hird, flight engineer,
Sgt Donahan A. O’Dowd, flight engineer,
Sgt John Rowe, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt David Purvis, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Derek H. Richardson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Sherwood,wireless operator and air gunner,
W/O Robert B. Bryers, air gunner.

The crew was performing an instruction flight on the Lough Erne. Upon landing, the seaplane hit violently the water surface and bounced. The pilot increased power on the right engine when the airplane banked left at an angle of 45°. The left wing impacted the water surface, causing the airplane to ground loop. While the Saro was damaged beyond repair, all three crew members escaped with minor injuries.

The floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Lough Erne, near Gay Island, while on a maritime patrol flight out of Killadeas NAS. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
LAC Henry Atkin Cottam,
Sgt Joseph Leslie Elwell,
P/O Kenneth Bernard Fuller,
Sgt John Sterling Hesk,
F/O Hugh Harold Hirst,
P/O Denis William Hockney,
LAC Leslie Roy Holmes,
F/Sgt William Peebles,
F/Lt Peter Cecil Thomas,
Sgt Henry Ernest Wilson.