Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

The seaplane was returning to RAF Mount Batten from Gibraltar, carrying 10 crew members and five passengers. It approached the flare path near RAF Mount Batten but overshot in the heavy fog and had to climb and circle to starboard before attempting another approach. The airplane continued to starboard and as it made a second approach in almost zero visibility suddenly crashed into the sea approximately 3 km from the breakwater lighthouse. The aircraft hit the water with the starboard wing down, turn on its back and broke in two. All five passengers were killed and the 10 crew members were rescued 90 minutes later.
Crew:
F/Lt Wynton P. Thorpe, pilot,
P/O R. P. Gray, pilot,
F/O F. J. Lees, pilot,
P/O William S. Moore, navigator,
Cpl D. E. Bennington, fitter,
Cpl D. L. Graham, rigger,
Sgt R. B. Wilkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt S. J. Smith, wireless operator,
LAC P. Stanton, armourer,
Sgt D. G. Keating, air gunner.
Passengers :
Brig W. Vogel,
Cpt G. W. Wadham,
Cpt Frederic Thornton Peters,
Cdr R. R. Devlin,
Sgt Ryall Edward Cordrey, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in a training exercise on Lake Washington, carrying nine crew members. The instructor was in process of giving a check flight to a student pilot who was supposed to perform instrument landings. Maneuver were completed close to shore to keep sufficient distance with another Catalina also landing nearby. The pilot under supervision was listening to his radio, waiting for a landing clearance. This allowed him to be distracted, causing the airplane to change attitude (maybe due to rough air or a sudden application of controls). The instructor took over control of the airplane, but apparently overcontrolled, causing the airplane to roll to the left before hitting trees and crashing against hilly terrain overlooking Lake Washington.
Crew (VP-FAW-6):
Lt William R. Stevens, pilot,
Ens William C. Davis, pilot, †
Ens G. T. Anderson,
Ens Q. M. Bergh,
Amm3c W. A. Blue,
Amm3c A. L. McClean,
Amm3c W. A. Morey,
Rm3c G. D. Collett,
Sea2c C. W. Clifton.

The airplane departed Espíritu Santo on a flight to Honiara, carrying four crew members and one passenger who was a US Navy corpsman attached to MAG-25. While descending to Henderson Field, the pilot encountered very bad weather conditions. In heavy rain falls, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. No trace of the airplane nor its crew was found.
Crew:
1st Lt Joseph Napoleon Abel, pilot,
S/Sgt Arthur Freeman Dowers Jr., copilot,
Cpl Roman John Freise, mechanic,
Pfc John Robert Matuszak, radio operator.
Passenger:
PhM3c Paul Adolphus Westerman.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1554LT on an Air Sea Rescue operation, searching for a missing Mosquito raid on Vlissingen. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew.
F/O Francis Charles Hammond, pilot,
Sgt Charles McCreedy,
F/Sgt Kenneth Elwood Stilborn,
Sgt George Tough.

Ditched in the Mediterranean Sea for unknown reasons. There were no fatalities. The airplane sank and was lost.

The three engine airplane departed Trapani Airport on a flight to Tunis, transferring troops to North Africa. After takeoff from Trapani, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All 20 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Alfred Voigt, pilot,
Ofw Karl Schäfer, observer,
Uffz Jakob Wißmann, radio operator,
Ogfr Heinrich Zöllner, mechanic,
Ofw Karl Esser, air gunner.
Passengers:
Ogfr Werner Baltes,
Flg Hans-Georg Büchner,
Gefr Willi Degner,
Flg Heinz Hildebrand,
Gefr Heinrich Krebs,
Gefr Alois Körbl,
Ofw Rolf Leese,
Flg Walter Lüsebrink,
Uffz Alfons Mayr,
Flg Erwin Meister,
Flg Erhard Raabe,
Ogfr Karl Roeder,
Flg Berthold Stegemann,
Uffz Albert Stolecki,
Ogfr Josef Würz.

En route from Tunis to Trapani, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Walter Ludwig, pilot,
Uffz Hans Deppisch, radio operator,
Fw Johann Waldhör, mechanic.

En route from Tunis to Trapani, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. The pilot survived and two other crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Hermann Schmidt, observer,
Uffz Heinrich Grotzk, radio operator.

Approaching Cooktown on a flight from Townsville, the pilot encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to ditch the airplane in the sea. All four crew members found refuge in a dinghy and were rescued 18 hours later by the crew of a freighter ship. Named 'The Apple Cart', the airplane sank and was lost.
Crew (374th TCG):
1st Lt Melvin C. Lewis,
S/Sgt Daniel J. Murphy +2.

The crew departed Debert on a low level bombing and air to ground firing exercise. While flying at low height, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing after the engines experienced carburetor icing and a complete loss of power. The airplane was ditched in the Cobequid Bay and sank. All four crew members were slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt G. D. Bain, pilot,
Sgt M. B. Foster, observer,
Sgt W. C. Dickson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt E. S. Brown, wireless operator and air gunner.