Rogaland

The airplane was performing a charter flight from London-Heathrow to Stavanger, carrying 34 British students aged 13-16 and two teachers who were flying to Norway for a week study. While descending to Stavanger, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Holteheia located 54 km northeast of the destination. The airplane was totally destroyed and there were no survivors.
Crew:
Cpt Philip Guy Watts, pilot,
F/O Reginald Leonard Murray Smaley, copilot,
Miss Susan Elizabeth Endicott, stewardess.
Passengers:
John Beacham, teacher,
George William Budd, teacher,
John Adams,
Gregory Allen,
Michael Benson,
Peter Boyes,
John Bradbury,
Geoffrey Brown,
Reginald Chapple,
Trevor Condell,
Geoffrey Crouch,
Clifford Gaskin,
Edward Gilder,
Derek Goddard,
David Gore,
Geoffrey Green,
Quentin Green,
Anthony Harrison,
David Hatchard,
David Hendley,
Peter Huggins,
Richard Lawrence,
Alan Lee,
Robert Martin,
Brian Robert Mitchell,
Edwin Murray,
John Phelps,
Edward Prosper,
Robert Roffey,
Lawrence Sims,
Colin Smith,
Peter Stacey,
Roger Taylor,
John Wells,
Martin White,
Roger White.

During the takeoff roll, an undercarriage collapsed. The twin engine aircraft sank on its belly and came to rest. There were no casualties.

On final approach to Stavanger-Sola Airport, the Dakota was hit by a Royal Norwegian Air Force Republic F-84 Thunderjet registered FN-C. Both aircraft crashed 1,500 meters short of runway threshold and were destroyed. All 11 occupants on both aircraft were killed.

The airplane departed RAF Skitten to bomb a water production plant located in Vemork, Norway (Operation Freshman), and was towing a Horsa glider. Over the region of Helleland, the crew encountered severe icing conditions. The airplane went out of control and crashed on the slope of Mt Jonsoknuten located 6 km east of Helleland. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew.
F/Lt Arthur Roland Parkinson, pilot,
P/O Gerard Walter Sewell de Gency, pilot,
Sgt James Falconer, flight engineer,
F/O Arnold Thomas Hayward Haward, observer,
F/Lt Arthur Edwin Thomas, observer,
F/Sgt Albert Buckton, wireless operator,
F/Sgt George Mercier Edwards, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 1700LT on October 29 on a Special Operation Executive (Operation Wrench) consisting of dropping Polish agents, supply weapons, ammunition, explosives and large sums of money to the resistance in Poland. Over Poland, the crew was unable to locate the drop zone located in the region of Opole, and the captain decided to return to England. After a flight of 10 hours, while overflying south of Norway, the bomber was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a mountainous area located near Refsland. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Franciszek Sobkowiak, pilot,
W/O Franciszek Zaremba, pilot,
F/O Mariusz Wodzicki, observer,
F/O Franciszek Pantkowski, radio operator,
Sgt Czesław Kozłowski, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Tadeusz Madejski, dropper,
F/Sgt Wacław Żuk, air gunner.
Passengers:
Lt Wiesław Szpakowicz,
Lt Stanisław Hencel,
2nd Lt Jerzy Bichniewicz.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1710LT on October 23 to lay mines off Haugesund, Norway. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and later ditched in the Langavatnet Lake located about 10 km east of Haugesund. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Henry Kenneth Rees, pilot,
Sgt Henry Arnold Dalzell, †
F/O Gwyn Martin,
F/Sgt James Edward Whaley, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Donald Theodore Taylor, air gunner. †

Crashed for unknown reasons at Stavanger-Sola Airport. The observer was killed and two other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Fw Karl Kraft, pilot,
Oblt Walter Hebeier, observer, †
Uffz Bernhard Klein, radio operator.

Shortly after takeoff from Stavanger-Sola Airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Maj Helmer Schmiedt, pilot, †
Cpt Elmer Blanke, pilot,
Uffz Franz Pöllath, mechanic, †
Obfw Bohnsack, radio operator,
Uffz Möbius, observer,
Gefr Martin Schwartz, air gunner.