Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1656LT 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 Robert John Albert Cleverdon,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Conroy Couch,
Sgt William Temple Hall,
Sgt William Lowe,
F/O Frank Simpson.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1652LT 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:
Sgt Harold Every Roberts, pilot,
Sgt Harry Redfern Elliott, pilot,
Sgt William Partington, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Marshall Boyd, wireless operator,
Sgt John Harold Stroll, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on a special duties operation. It stalled and crashed while trying to land at base. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Albert John Oettle, pilot,
LAC Walter John Lee, observer,
Sgt Hugh Francis Rochford, bomb aimer.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1737LT on an operation to Frankfurt. For unknown reasons, it crashed near Pihen-lès-Guînes. A crew was killed, three became PoW and a fifth evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Clarence Edmund Wheeler, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Perrin Magwood,
Sgt Douglas George Pinney,
Sgt George Millane Porrett,
Sgt H. R. Wilson.

The airplane was engaged in a navigation training sortie when it crashed for unknown reasons in Givendale, near Boroughbridge. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Baerlein, pilot, †
Sgt John Lyon Perrin, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Ernest Sayer, wireless operator, †
Sgt N. A. Farr,
Sgt H. F. Tice.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Croft. While in the circuit, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O B. O. Smith,
Sgt R. E. Whitehorn,
Sgt G. O. Dufort,
Sgt I. L. Kidd.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1839LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ran out of fuel and crash landed in Market Deeping, north of Peterborough. All five crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Stell,
Sgt J. M. M. Wilson,
Sgt D. C. Wilson,
Sgt C. Miller,
Sgt O. T. McIlquham.

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 Leeming on an operation to Nuremberg. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Daussois, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Roger Llewellyn Lloyd, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Edward Mortimer, pilot,
Sgt John Alterson, observer,
F/Sgt Cyril Garfield Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt David Gordon Robb, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 0040LT on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched into the sea some 11 miles east-southeast of Skegness. All five crew members were rescued by the Skegness lifeboat 'Anne Allen' at 1135LT.
Crew:
P/O A. C. McKenzie,
Sgt E. E. Jones,
Sgt J. D. Carmicheal,
Sgt R. J. Harwood,
Sgt V. C. Fraser.