Hastings

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 8 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to his base the following night, the crew ditched the airplane off Hastings. A crew was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. N. Goodall,
Sgt E. A. Fletcher,
F/O A. W. Belbin,
Sgt A. N. Goodall,
Sgt L. Mitchell,
Sgt W. Allmark.

While completing a routine patrol flight at night, the crew encountered engine vibrations. After the pilot throttled back, the airplane entered a high speed stall and became uncontrollable. Both crew members bailed out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed in Ewhurst, in the suburb of Hastings. A crew member survived while the second was killed as his parachute failed to open.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Mons Head, pilot,
P/O Rupert Victor Baron, observer. †

The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to London. Approaching the English coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane and crashed into the sea off Hastings. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw H. Gutacker, pilot,
Lt E. Wesemann, observer,
Uffz E. Meusel,
Fw H. Giess.

The seaplane departed Cowes, Isle of Wight, on a delivery flight to the Isle of Grain, carrying three crew members. En route, the aircraft crashed in the sea off St Leonards-on-Sea, near Hastings. All three crew members were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.