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The crew departed RAF Leuchars on a patrol mission. During the takeoff roll, the airplane swung, veered off runway and collided with a parked RAF Avro 652 Anson registered K6268. It continued, off the airfield, went through the perimeter fence and came to rest into the Eden River. Both crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O G. Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Frank Foster Hallam, copilot.

The bomber departed Westerland-Sylt Airport on a reconnaissance mission. While cruising over the Firth of Forth, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea off Port Seton. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was rescued.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Seydel,
Uffz Kurt Naake,
Gefr August Schleicher,
Hptm Helmut Pohle.

The crew was returning to RAF Leuchars following a patrol flight when he encountered poor visibility due to a low cloud base. Too low, the twin engine airplane impacted the ground and crashed about 2 km south of Freuchie. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Charles Hampton Clark, pilot,
P/O William Edward Lockley, copilot,
Basil Norman Blades, wireless operator,
AC2 W. M. Cochrane.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Leuchars, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the airplane stalled, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed about 800 metres from the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed. They were on a transit flight to RAF Thornaby.
Crew:
F/O Desmond George Perry, pilot,
P/O John William Crawford McFarlane, copilot.
Passengers:
Sgt Harry Letchford,
P/O Richard Atkinson Barker,
AC1 Frederick Henderson May,
AC1 Cyril Arthur Bates.

The pilot departed RAF Leuchars on a local solo training flight. After touchdown at night on an airfield under construction, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. The pilot Sgt F. A. E. Cramp escaped uninjured.

The twin engine aircraft departed RAF Leuchars at 1600LT on a patrol flight. A submarine submerging in position ZGCB 4000 was sighted and attacked by the crew of the Anson, dropping his entire bomb load. Following this, the crew evacuated the target area to return to his base when fuel was draining away through shrapnel holes in the wing tanks, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing into the River Eden estuary, off Shelly Point, near the RAF Leuchars. Both crew members were rescued and the aircraft was lost.
Crew (233th Squadron):
P/O. G. J. D. Yorke,
Sgt D. J. Muir.

The crew departed RAF Leuchars on a local training mission. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane entered a nose up attitude, stalled and crashed upside down into the Eden River located south of the airbase. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Guy Percy Robinson, pilot,
F/O Earl Douglas Godfrey, copilot.

The crew departed RAF Leuchars on a local firing exercice when the airplane crashed into the North Sea northeast of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alner George Newton, pilot,
Sgt George Harold Fawcett,
AC1 Robert Glynn Thomas.

On final approach to RAF Leuchars, the twin engine aircraft suffered an engine failure. It stalled and crashed in a ditch located short of runway. Both pilots were injured.

The crew was performing a local training exercise on behalf of the 233th Squadron. On final approach to RAF Leuchars in marginal weather conditions (low clouds), the twin engine aircraft impacted a hill located less than two miles from the runway threshold. The crew fate remains unknown.