Fermanagh

Crashed in unknown circumstances on a hill located in Ballinamallard, northeast of Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Eight crew members were killed while two others were injured.
Crew (131st OTU):
S/L Patrick George Cooper, †
F/O David Leigh Sproule, †
F/O Frank Herbert Grainger, †
Sgt John Harvey Hodgson, †
Sgt James Millard Allen, †
Sgt Valentine Hinton Louis, †
W/O Gerald Frederick Hardy, †
F/Sgt Donald Mudd, †
Sgt J. Green,
Sgt R. F. Middaugh.

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Louigh Erne off Enniskillen. Nine crew members were rescued while P/O James Leslie Hodgens and Sgt Thomas Galbraith were killed.

The crew was performing an instruction mission. While landing on Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, the seaplane hit violently the water surface and bounced. The pilot in command increased power on the right engine when the aircraft banked left at an angle of 45°. The left wing hit the water and the aircraft ground looped and came to rest. While the Saro was damaged beyond repair, all three crew members were slightly injured.

The floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Lough Erne, near Gay Island, while on a maritime patrol flight out of Killadeas NAS. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
LAC Henry Atkin Cottam,
Sgt Joseph Leslie Elwell,
P/O Kenneth Bernard Fuller,
Sgt John Sterling Hesk,
F/O Hugh Harold Hirst,
P/O Denis William Hockney,
LAC Leslie Roy Holmes,
F/Sgt William Peebles,
F/Lt Peter Cecil Thomas,
Sgt Henry Ernest Wilson.