Mountains

The twin engine airplane departed McLeod on a ferry flight to Patricia Bay (Victoria) on behalf of the Western Air Command. While cruising northwest of Yale, BC, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain and was destroyed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (32th OTU):
P/O L. W. Brooks, pilot,
Sgt L.P. Bretland,
D. B. Hartley.

The crew was completing a navigation training exercise when he encountered poor visibility due to fog. Too low, the airplane impacted the slope of a hill and crashed near Rødding. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Otto Harbich, pilot,
Gefr Heinz Schlegel, student pilot,
Oblt Hans-Helmuth Thiele, observer,
Ogefr Otto Freund, radio operator.

The crew departed Claresholm Airport on a navigation exercise to Manyberries, southeast Alberta. On the return leg, the crew got lost. As the airplane ran out of fuel at dusk over hilly country, the crew abandoned the airplane that entered a dive and crashed near Fort Benton, Montana. Both crew members were slightly injured.
Crew:
LAC J. D. Warbritton, pilot,
LAC T. D. Kelley, pilot.

While cruising in poor weather conditions, the airplane impacted the slope of a rocky mountain located northeast of Jetřichovice and crashed, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Emil Samorski,
Fw Helmut Hertal,
Uffz August Moormann,
Uffz Bernhard Friedrich.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a wooded area located north of the village of Tomášov. The entire crew was killed.

While cruising in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine airplane impacted the slope of Mt Constance (2,364 metres high) located in the Olympic National Park, about 62 km northwest of Seattle. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Edward H. Valorz, pilot,
S/Sgt Robert D. Dexter,
Pvt Jack J. Huppert,
Pvt Milford Knight,
Sgt James W. Page,
2nd Lt John W. Winship.

The airplane departed RAF Kinloss at 0915LT to attack the ship 'Admiral Scheer' in the Oslo harbor. Approaching the Norwegian capital city at an altitude of 25,000 feet, the bomber was attacked and shot down by two Me.109, entered a dive and crashed in a mountainous area located near the village of Bygland. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (90th Squadron):
F/O David Albert Alton Romans, pilot,
P/O Frank Gordon Hart, pilot,
Sgt Peter Barnard Corbett, observer,
Sgt John Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter George Honey, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Merrill, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Henry Beattie, air gunner.

The crew was performing a training exercise out from RAF Abingdon. While cruising in limited visibility due to low clouds and mist, the twin engine aircraft impacted the slope of Mt Moel Sych (2,713 feet). A crew member was killed while all four other occupants were injured.
Crew (10th OTU):
F/O Thomas Leonard Weller, pilot, †
Frank Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Keen, wireless operator,
Sgt Leslie Copland, navigator,
P/O J. E. Taylor, navigator.

The airplane was completing a maritime patrol flight along the east coast of Scotland when it flew into high ground west of Stonehaven. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Hermann Zeitsch, pilot,
Uffz Karl Löffler, radio operator,
Lt Walter Both, observer,
Uffz Werner Drexhage, mechanic.

On behalf of the Section Civile de Liaisons Aériennes Métropolitaines (SCLAM), the crew was performing a flight from Marseille-Marignane Airport to the airbase of Ambérieu-en-Bugey. While descending in low visibility, the twin engine airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Maupertuis, in the region of Panossas. All four occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to low clouds.
Crew (both from Air France):
Maurice Pichon, pilot,
Etienne Cazenave, radio navigator.
Passengers:
Cdt Fesneau,
Cpt Falcon de Longevialle.