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...
26
Mar
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina – 08097
Missing on patrol from Quonset Point NAS, RI (NCO).
26
Mar
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina – 7245
Crash-landed at sea. Crew rescued by British ship.
26
Mar
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express – 41-11707
Crashed into the sea en route between Natal and Ascension Island. Last radio contact with Natal was at 03:37.
26
Mar
Short Sunderland II – W6054
The Sunderland flying boat, operated by 10 Squadron RAF crashed upon landing in Plymouth Sound in thick fog. With only 15 minutes of fu...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) – 41-18353
The C-47 transport plane, 41-18353, operated on a mission to fly British paratroopers from England for the invasion and occupation of N...
26
Mar
Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat – G-AFCZ
A Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat was lost at sea off Bathurst, Gambia, killing all 19 on board. The flying boat operated on a flight fro...
26
Mar
Consolidated Catalina IIIA (PBY-5A) – FP525
The Catalina was engaged in escorting a escorting across the Atlantic Ocean. Observing a German submarine, U606, an attack was carried ...
26
Mar
Short Sunderland Mk II – T9113
T9113 departed RAF Mount Batten at 15:13 hrs for an ASW patrol in the Bay of Biscay. At 20:15 hrs they signalled base they were under a...
26
Mar