East Yorkshire

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England. While approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a Spitfire and crashed into the sea off Withernsea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Erich Palm, pilot,
Fw Rudolf Mühlbach, observer,
Uffz Arthur Hoffmann, radio operator,
Ogfr Reinhard Kammerath, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1810LT on January 15 on an operation to Hamburg. It was damaged by enemy action and while returning to base the following night, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. The airplane crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. Two crew members were rescued and four others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas George Cottier, pilot, †
P/O Clifford Herbert Lomas, †
F/Sgt Lloyd Charles Powell, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Noel Pugh, †
Sgt A. E. Cox,
Sgt J. A. H. Lucas.

The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 1735LT on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the target area, it was hit by the German Flak. The crew decided to return to base but while approaching the coast of Yorkshire, the engine caught fire, probably due to bullets impact. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in Mill Hill, near Holmpton. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/Sgt Basil Courtney Wescombe, pilot,
F/Sgt Frederick Edward Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Eric Ronald Harper, observer,
F/Sgt Leonard Sieve, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Claude Raymond Westbury, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt John Thomas Howe, air gunner,
Sgt Maurice Robert Walker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1150LT on a training exercise. Almost immediately after takeoff, it stalled, impacted a hedge and crashed. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured. Two survivors died from injuries sustained on January 17 and 19.
Crew:
F/Sgt Sidney Reginald Bult, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred Charles Kingsley Parsons, †
Sgt Reginald Percy Payton, air gunner, †
Sgt William Rent Sloggatt, †
Sgt A. J. Brown,
Sgt W. J. Phillip,
F/O V. E. Tapp.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 0437LT on an operation to Brest. After takeoff, it encountered serious difficulties to gain height. The crew attempted to return to base when the airplane stalled and crashed eight minutes later in an open field located north of Howden, about 10 km southwest of RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Harold Maxwell Moran, pilot,
P/O David Norris Carmichael, copilot, †
Sgt Donald Bottomley, observer,
Sgt James George Barlow, wireless operator,
F/O Edward John Norman MacDonald, air gunner, †
Sgt W. R. Darling, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1909LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following morning, the crew was instructed to divert to RAF Pocklington. On approach, the airplane crashed one mile south of the airfield and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed. A few minutes before the crash, the pilot radioed to say he was almost out of fuel.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Edwin Donson, pilot,
F/Sgt William Henry Burns, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Conroy Lee, wireless operator,
Sgt Clive Gordon Lord,
Sgt Joseph Geoffrey Rich.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on September 29 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in the garden of a house at Sunnyside while trying to land at RAF Driffield. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt McDermott,
Sgt Boucher,
Sgt H. Smith,
Sgt Elliott.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1837LT on September 20 on an operation to Berlin. It was hit by the German Flak while bombing Wismar as an alternative target. Subsequently, the Whitley ran out of fuel and the crew ditched the airplane at 0500LT off Withernsea. All were picked up two hours later by an HSL out from Grimsby.
Crew:
Sgt P. G. Rochford,
Sgt Owen,
P/O Openshaw,
Sgt Cleere,
Sgt Howells.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1905LT on September 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crash landed on a sand bank in Spurn Head. All six crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Dickenson +5.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1935LT on September 20 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched into the sea off Flamborough following a fire in the starboard engine and a loss of power on the port engine. Five crew members were rescued while a sixth was killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Hillhouse Sherriff, †
Sgt J. C. McGeagh,
Sgt C. G. Freeman,
Sgt J. J. O. Pyne,
Sgt E. E. Hartland,
Sgt S. H. Dunn.