Pembrokeshire

The floatplane departed RAF Mount Batten at 2100LT on a maritime patrol flight. While returning to base at night, the airplane overshot the flare path and crashed on rocks at Milford Haven. Three pilots were seriously injured while nine other crew members were slightly injured. The aircraft was destroyed. Two pilots later died from injuries sustained. All crew were from the Royal Australian Air Force.
Crew:
F/Lt Domville-Hogg,
S/L Albert Norman Hick, †
F/O Ronald Bruce Scutts, †
F/Lt T. V. Stokes,
Sgt S. J. Nichel,
Cpl E. S. Ingram,
AC1 T. J. Sheridan,
LAC B. F. Minton,
Cpl L. S. Y. Benham,
AC1 R. Draper,
Cpl J. H. Evans.

While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off St Annes Head, Pembrokeshire. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Ludwig Rebensdorf, pilot,
Uffz Georg Petereit, observer,
Uffz Michael Franck, radio operator,
Fw Werner Fritzsche, mechanic.

The crew departed Pembroke Dock on a training mission consisting of tests with the Flying Boat Blind Approach System. Weather conditions deteriorated and the crew was forced to ditch the airplane in the Bristol Channel off St Govan's Head. All five crew members took place in a dinghy and the aircraft sank 25 minutes later. All crew were rescued and the aircraft was lost.
Crew:
S/L Banks, pilot,
Eddie E. Briggs, copilot +3.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Carew Cheriton, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft stalled and crashed onto a hangar. Four crew members were killed while a fifth was seriously injured. The aircraft named 'Ypenburg' was destroyed.
Crew:
Sgt J. Brugman, pilot,
Sgt Jan Michels, pilot, †
Lt Marinus Renardus van Kooij, navigator, †
Cpl Cornelis Jacobus Rademaker, radio operator, †
St Franciscus Overdijk. †

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Carew Cheriton, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft collided with a RAF Fairey Battle registered N2050. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed to the ground, bursting into flames. At the time of the accident, it was conducting a supply mission on behalf of the Royal Dutch Navy and was carrying two RAF officers and three Dutch officers. The exact circumstances of the accident was not determined. While both British officers were killed, all three other occupants were slightly injured.
Crew:
F/S Sydney Pryce Tomley, †
Sgt Archibald Gordon Willis. †
Passengers:
Sgt A. J. Daniels,
Lt Kolff,
Cpl J. van der Schaaf.

The crew departed RAF Bicester on a cross country navigation exercice. En route, one of the engine failed and the pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane impacted a stone wall and crashed. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Terence George Jackson Pascoe, pilot, †
Sgt Noel Raymond Allenby Hawthorne, observer, †
Sgt J. W. Willis-Richards, wireless operator and air gunner.

The aircraft departed RAF Dishforth in the evening on a night training exercise and was lost without trace. It is believed that it crashed into the Bristol Channel, some 10 miles off Milford Haven. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (51st Squadron):
F/O D. E. Gould,
F/L F. G. Dickson,
Sgt R. G. Bruce,
LAC E. Benyon,
AC1 J. Boyd.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise out from RAF Carew Cheriton. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the Wellington collided with a RAF Hawker Henley registered L3249. Both aircraft crashed in a field near the airport. While the Wellington was destroyed, the Henley was repaired and returned into service. All six crewmen from the Wellington were injured while the pilot of the Henley was unhurt.
Crew (99th Squadron):
F/S J. W. Brent, pilot,
Sgt H. P. Atkinson, navigator,
LAC S. K. Love,
AC1 H. E. Beaumont,
AC2 J. W. Haynes,
AC2 E. H. Wills.

The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight. En route, the pilot encountered a hazardous situation with the simultaneous failure of all four engines. He attempted to ditch the float plane that stalled and crashed into the Milford Haven near Pembroke Dock. All 10 crewmen were killed.
Crew (210th Squadron):
F/Lt. Thomas Ivor Davies, pilot,
P/O Gordon William Sutton, copilot,
P/O Gordon William Brant, copilot,
Cpl Ronald Wesley Ewens,
AC1 Michael Murphy,
AC1 Frederick Jesse Soffe,
AC1 William Arthur Soanes, mechanic,
AC1 Frederick Ernest Hudson,
AC2 Jack Moss, wireless operator,
AC2 William Attrata O'Brien.

Following an uneventful flight from Birżebbuġa (Kalafrana), the crew started the approach to Pembroke Dock in poor weather conditions. Upon landing downwind on Milford Haven off Pembroke Dock, the float plane lost its both wingtip floats and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.