Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1648LT on an operation to Emden. Last heard at 1900LT while outbound. Presumed lost in the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt George Stuart Illingworth,
P/O John Samuel Knowles,
P/O Max Kiri Nelson,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Wales,
Sgt William Webster.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1641LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base, it ditched off Grimsby. All five crew members were rescued by a passing trawler.
Crew:
P/O Earp,
P/O McKenzie,
Sgt Carmichael,
Sgt Stewart,
Sgt Cairns.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1655LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Frederick Denis Hammersley,
Sgt Donald Stephen Kay,
P/O Harold Knight,
F/Sgt Rene Leonidas Joseph Lizotte,
Sgt Geoffrey Seaby Hayden Mott.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1651LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Edward Dmitri Comber-Higgs,
Sgt George Clarence Davies,
Sgt Thomas Harold Marlow,
P/O Esmond Mark David Romilly,
Sgt Alan Whewell.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1752LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tolke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Harold Featherstone McCullagh, pilot,
P/O John Alfred Nutt, pilot,
Sgt Victor Frank Douglas Kirk, observer,
Sgt Cyril David Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt John Lemuel Holloway, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1728LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Wildenrath AFB. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt George William McDonald, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Rogers, wireless operator, †
Sgt Isadore Stein, air gunner, †
Sgt Arthur Lambert Lord,
F/O Trevor Hugh Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2203LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, the crew called for help when the airplane probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Harwood-Smith,
Sgt David Roe Pritchard,
P/O Bruce Buchanan Percival Roy,
Sgt Philip Henry Stanton,
Sgt Samuel Thomson.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2242LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. The following morning, while returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Carleton Thompson Lane,
Sgt Douglas Rowley-Blake,
Sgt Arnold Scott,
Sgt Harold Frederick Stentiford,
P/O Kenneth Monckton Tuckfield.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2207LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. In response to a request for a bearing, the necessary information was transmitted at 0642LT, at which time the Whitley was believed to be nearly 100 km north of Borkum and on course for the east coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
P/O James Cecil Alcuin Allchin,
Sgt Vincent Leigh Brown,
Sgt William Charles Clarke,
F/Sgt James Allison Steeves,
Sgt Thomas Henry Thorley.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2231LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the village of Oudemirdum. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John William Bell, pilot,
P/O George Marshall McCombe, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Terence Webb, observer,
Sgt Raymond Boucher, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Cameron, air gunner.