26
Mar
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina – 7273
Crashed at sea while attempting to rescue the crew of RAF Fortress II FA704. The crew members were located five days later, but all but...
26
Mar
Short Sunderland II – W6052
Missing over sea whilst on a navigational exercise and anti submarine patrol out of Oban. The Sunderland operated for the 330 (Norwegia...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-3-194 – G-AGBB
BOAC Flight 777-A, a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation civilian airline flight on 1 June 1943 from Lisboa-Portela de Sacav...
26
Mar
Short Sunderland Mk III – JM675
The Short Sunderland Mk III flying boat landed in open ocean to rescue the crew members of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber (BD282...
26
Mar
26
Mar
26
Mar
Consolidated Catalina 1A – FP224
The aircraft based at RAF JUI (Sierra Leone) crashed at sea.
26
Mar
Lockheed 18-40 Lodestar (C-56B-LO) – G-AGEJ
The Lodestar was reportedly shot down by a Junkers Ju 88 of Luftwaffe 10/NJG 3, piloted by Leutnant Werner Speidel.
26
Mar
Short Sunderland I – T9085
The Short Sunderland I flying boat went missing over the Atlantic Ocean to the West of Ireland.
26
Mar
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express – 41-11708
The aircraft disappeared off Brazilian coast while enroute from Accra, Ghana to Natal, Brazil. A wide search for the plane was conducte...