Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2013LT on September 16 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and was ditched 15 minutes later some 20 km off Domburg. All five crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Lloyd Arthur Death, pilot,
P/O William Lionel Merryfield, observer,
Sgt Clifford Oliver Simonson, wireless operator,
Sgt Anthony Restivo, air gunner,
F/Lt William Leslie Kell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2348LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. The following morning, while returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Lemwerder. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt F. J. R. Eminson,
Sgt D. Gosden, †
Sgt S. Jolly,
Sgt C. B. P. Nind,
Sgt J. Tweddle.

The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt in the evening of September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons on approach, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Joseph Adams, pilot,
Sgt Ian Leslie Wethered, observer,
Sgt James Sweeney, navigator,
Sgt Frank Brenner Byron Bayly, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Operation with a crew of five on board. in unclear circumstances, it crashed at 0030LT on the south bank of the Cher River in Saint-Loup. All five occupants evaded.
Crew:
S/L Harold Aittken Outram,
F/Lt Harry Leslie Holliday,
P/O Laurence Wilson,
P/O Ernest Richard Walsh Wood,
Sgt G. F. Foster.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a seven-and-a-half hour patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean. The port engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the airplane off Brest. All five crew members were able to get into the dinghy and were picked up by a Royal Navy destroyer three days later.
Crew:
Sgt F. Boyd,
Sgt W. G. Wishart,
Sgt T. Parker
Sgt R. F. Crouch
Sgt A. J. Hendry.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2340LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a wooded area located near Fleurus, northeast of Charleroi. A wireless operator was killed and three other crew members evaded.
Crew:
Sgt William Thomas Whiting, wireless operator, †
Sgt J. B. R. Black,
Sgt Arthur James Whicher,
P/O Geoffrey Silva.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2320LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Duisburg. Four crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Anthony William Thompson, pilot,
F/Sgt Walter Vernard Donahue, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Edward James Jones, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Eric Leonard Styles, wireless operator, †
P/O Charles Leonard Szumlinski, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on Special Operation called 'Operation Lettuce 5'. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Holten. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Twiston Davies, pilot,
F/Sgt Leonard Sidney Franklin, observer,
F/Sgt Trevor Morgan Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Thomas Wright, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Henry Kerry, air gunner,
Sgt Derrick Frank Staton, air gunner,
Sgt Geoffrey Barrington Wood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2203LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched into the North Sea some 16 km off Tynemouth. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt S. H. J. White,
P/O K. C. Wood,
Sgt A. Hammond,
Sgt A. F. Hawkins,
Sgt R. G. Snook.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Duties Service (secret unrecorded operation). Over North of France, it went out of control and crashed 1,5 km from Vire. Four crew members were killed while the air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Owen, pilot, †
Sgt Douglas Thornton, pilot, †
Sgt James Whalley, observer, †
F/Sgt William George Rock, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Highmore Avery, air gunner.