Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1808LT on an operation to Cologne. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Derrick Ash,
Sgt Peter Windermere Bland,
P/O Dennis Richard Hockaday,
Sgt Alexander MacLeod,
Sgt Hugh Davison McColl.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1816LT on an operation to Boulogne. While returning to base in the late evening, it stalled on final approach and crashed onto a house. Four crew members were killed while the wireless operator was seriously injured. He later died from injuries sustained. There were no casualties on the ground.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Lyndon Moore, pilot,
Sgt James Ernest Church, copilot,
Sgt Kenneth Clarence Edward Corke, observer,
F/Sgt Richard James Lewis, wireless operator,
Sgt Neil Shaw Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur James Pratley, pilot,
F/Sgt William Arthur Murphy,
P/O Derrick Bourchier Bailey,
F/Sgt James Eugene Gilfoy,
Sgt Edgar Cecil Reynolds.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Emden. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Spalding,
Sgt Edmond Patrick,
P/O Michael Owen Ogier,
Sgt Joseph William Dale,
Sgt James Monkman Parker.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1915LT on an operation to Emden. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the Waddenzee off Ameland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Ronald Spence, pilot,
P/O Ian Alexander Bruce Johnstone, pilot,
Sgt Thomas William Weeks, observer,
Sgt Bernard John Dykes, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Harry Webster, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on operation 'Frensham I'. Shortly after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed just outside the airbase. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
S/L Boris Romanoff, pilot, †
Sgt Maxmillian Politzer, pilot, †
Sgt Jan Janek, pilot, †
Sgt Ladislav Fornusek, wireless operator, †
F/O Vaclav Jelinek, navigator, †
Sgt Bohumil Vaverka, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. After passing over the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Driezum. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Leslie Hugh William Parkin, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas John Sandlin, pilot, †
F/Sgt Robert Charles Hancock, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Whittam, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edmund Sidney Ayton, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Langeoog. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hubert Waddy Blackmore,
F/Lt Donald Atherton Irving,
Sgt John Lewis Stanley Price,
Sgt Peter William Lindsey Strachan,
Sgt Donald Unsworth.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holtgast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Robert Harrington, pilot,
P/O Morris Donald Darwin McCarthy, pilot,
F/Sgt Bert Gordon Hibell, observer,
F/Sgt John Meredith Farley Shilan, wireless operator,
Sgt Roland Wilfred Lancaster, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of February 15 on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base, the airplane suffered an engine failure. Unable to maintain height, it crashed near Sherbourne, about three miles southwest of Warwick. Four crew members were killed and a fifth parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Paterson Connell, pilot, †
P/O Edwin Morris Hooper, observer, †
F/Sgt John Winslow Alexander Giffin, wireless operator, †
Sgt Peter Harding Roan, wireless operator, †
P/O J. Spalding.