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Crashed in unknown circumstances at New Castle Airport, Wilmington, prior to be delivered to the Royal Air Force with registration FA102. There were no casualties.

The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2346LT on September 1st on an operation to Saarbrücken. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O Rhys Hallam Morgan, pilot,
Sgt Albert Byrom,
Sgt Leslie George Jones,
Sgt Alan McNeil,
Sgt Alfred Frederick Priest,
F/Sgt Raymond Ben Walls,
Sgt Frederic Peter Coaker, air gunner.

The airplane failed to return to base following a reconnaissance mission in the area of Stalingrad. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Mikhail Andreevich Ivkin, pilot,
Cpt Alexey Alekseevich Bazhanov, observer,
Sgt Alexey Ivanovich Babkin, air gunner.

The airplane was performing a local training flight at McDill AFB when it crashed for unknown reasons into the Tampa Bay, some 12 km south of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James E. Anton,
2nd Lt Stanley A. Hecker,
2nd Lt William Byron. Rittenhouse.

The airplane suffered an engine failure in flight and crash landed on Fire Island, west of Anchorage. There were no casualties.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Cottesmore. While in the circuit, the airplane stalled and crashed 3 km northeast from the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Wilson, pilot,
Sgt James Kenneth Johnston, observer,
Sgt Peter Vincent Norris, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Jamieson Patrick Wardrop, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2303LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. While crossing the east coast at 2344LT, the port outer engine caught fire and although the blaze was quelled, structural failure of the port wing followed and the order to bail out was given. At least two crew members fell into the sea and drowned, while the Halifax crashed at 2358LT at Chapel Saint Leonards. Four crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
W/O Norman Angus MacKenzie, pilot, †
F/Sgt Louis Donald Dawdy, †
F/Sgt Clarence Gordon Eagles, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Stone, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. A. Kaucharik,
Sgt J. R. Alexander,
P/O E. B. Mason.

The seaplane departed RAF Mount Batten at 1513LT on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay, off the French coast. At 2015LT, the crew reported that he was attacked by two German JU.88. About 30 minutes later, the Sunderland crashed into the sea and was lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Jack Alecock,
Sgt Donald Maurice Bowd,
F/Sgt Roy Victor Chinnery,
F/O Louis Gordon Emrys-Jones,
Sgt Ernest Richard Eva,
Sgt Cyril Ernest Hayward,
F/O Robert Henry Holloway Hosband,
F/Sgt Samuel King,
F/O Donald Ian Stewart,
F/O Oscar Lovelock Wennholm,
Sgt Joseph Ingleby White.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Angola, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Pvt Eugene L. Clayton,
S/Sgt John P. Dye,
2nd Lt William E. Evans,
Pfc Wade H. Fry,
Pvt Louis H. Labertrandie,
2nd Lt Louis J. Pigoni,
2nd Lt Norman L. Vaughan.

The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. For unknown reasons, the airplane overshot and crashed into trees. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Bruce Ashby Smith, pilot, †
P/O Maurice Dunn, pilot, †
Sgt Alwyn Perrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. F. Boyer.