Libya

The aircraft was on its way from Antananarivo to Paris with an intermediate stop in Tripoli. Shortly after take off, the twin engine aircraft christened 'Koufra' crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all eight occupants. The flight was conducted on behalf of the French Ministère de l'Air (Direction Technique et Industrielle).
Crew:
André Vercruysse, pilot,
Daniel Levesque, radio navigator,
Georges Deloustal, flight engineer.

Crashed in unknown circumstances.

While cruising over Libya by night and in good weather conditions, one the right engine caught fire. The crew reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing in the desert but while descending, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames some 150 km southeast of Tobruk. All 19 occupants were killed.

After touchdown, an undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft veered off runway and came to rest. Seven crew members were injured while the air gunner F/Sgt Reginald Lodge was killed.

Following a bombing mission over Naples, Italy, the aircraft failed to return to base in Soluch, Libya. During the back trip, the crew radioed he lost his automatic direction finder and requested ground vector. Due to poor visibility caused by a sandstorm, the crew overflew Soluch Airport and continued to the south. Two hours later, due to fuel exhaustion, the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The four-engine aircraft continued for 26 km to the south before crashing in the Calanshio Sand Sea, about 710 km southeast of Soluch. It was thought that the aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean sea and the SAR operations were unable to find any trace of the aircraft nor the crew. On November 9, 1958, a British oil exploration team located the crash site for the first time. Five bodies were found in May 1960 dozen km away from the wreckage.
Crew:
1st Lt William J. Hatton,
2nd Lt Robert F. Toner,
2nd Lt John S. Woravka,
2nd Lt D. P. Hays,
S/Sgt Samuel Ellis Adams,
S/Sgt Vernon L. Moore,
S/Sgt Guy E. Shelley Jr.,
T/Sgt Robert E. La Motte,
T/Sgt Harold J. Ripslinger.

During the takeoff roll, a tyre burst. Severe vibrations caused the undercarriage to collapse and the aircraft slid on runway before coming to rest. While all four crew members escaped unhurt, the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Benghazi while on an operation against the city. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Guenther Barett, pilot,
Uffz Peter Woerner, observer,
Uffz Franz Joba, radio operator,
Obfw Rudolf Mayer, air gunner.

While taking off from Tobruk Airfield, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Theofanis G. Catselis,
W/O Ioannis D. Scalaios.

The airplane departed Berka III Airfield at 0845LT to carry out a shipping strike between Zuara and Tripoli. Around noon, as no ships were sighted, the crew decided to return when the airplane was attacked by several German fighters. On the way back, an engine failed due to fuel shortage, and approaching the coast, the second engine also failed due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot attempted to ditch the airplane when it crash landed 24 km off Benghazi, bursting into flames. Three crew members were rescued and four others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Alexander Einsaar, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Reginald Dixon, copilot,
Sgt Tom Ellis Exell, observer, †
F/Sgt Ralph Isaac Ploskin, observer, †
Sgt Percival Cockington, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leonard Basil Willcocks, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Edwin Watts, air gunner. †

The crew was completing landing tests off Benghazi when the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Mediterranean sea, some 24 km offshore. All seven occupants were rescued the next day in a dinghy while the airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
F/L John Phillip Bartle, pilot,
P/O Charles Farquhar McWilliam, copilot.
Passengers:
F/O Stanley O'Donnell,
Lac Gerald Cheston Allen,
Lac Geoffrey Thomas Richards,
Lac John Douglas Richards,
Ac1 W. J. Milburn.