Sicily

Shot down by Allied fire and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily. All 20 occupants were killed.

The airplane was engaged in Operation 'Fustian' in Sicily. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Robert Tope Hamer, pilot,
W/O James Jonathan Kunz, navigator,
F/Sgt Hugh Sloan, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Berry, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in a paratrooper mission over Sicily, on behalf of the 60th Troop Carrier Group, 12th Air Force. It transported paratroopers of the British 1st Parachute Brigade, the 'Red Devils', to a drop zone located near the Primosole Bridge, Sicily, on Operation 'Fustian'. It was shot down by antiaircraft fire and crashed into the sea off Sicily. All occupants were rescued.

The three engine airplane departed Castelvetrano on a flight to Naples-Capodichino, carrying 15 passengers and four crew members. It crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere en route, maybe in Sicily after being shot down by enemy fire from the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF). An intense military activity took place in Sicily at this time. Three crew members and three passengers were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Herman Zander, pilot, †
Ofw Damian Schmitz, radio operator, †
Stfw Georg Neier, flight engineer, †
Uffz Herlinger.

En route from Tripoli to Rome, the three engine airplane was shot down and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily. The occupant's fate remains unknown.

While on a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Sicily. A crew was killed, two were missing and a fourth was rescued.
Crew:
Fw Herbert Augustin, pilot, †
Uffz Rolf Seydel, observer, †
Uffz Hans Masruschart, radio operator, †
Uffz Alfred Kassner, air gunner.

While on a combat operation, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Sicily. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hermann Damaske, pilot,
Uffz Paul Winkler, radio operator,
Uffz Alois Eder, observer,
Uffz Johann Huppert, air gunner.

While on a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off the coast of Sicily. Two crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Lt Walter Kipfmüller, pilot,
Uffz Georg Friedrich, observer,
Uffz Willi Kühlwetter, radio operator, †
Uffz Anton Schuster, air gunner. †

While completing an ambulance flight, the three engine airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily. The occupant's fate remains unknown.