Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 2220LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Terschelling, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O James Brian Monro, pilot,
F/O Gordon Richard Lind, observer,
F/Sgt John Storey, wireless operator,
P/O Ian Patterson Clark, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Hermon Hudson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2300LT on a Special Duty Operation. It crashed for unknown reasons few minutes after liftoff and was wrecked. There were no casualties among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt W. Smith +5.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1210LT on an anti-submarine patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay. While cruising along the Spanish coast, the crew encountered poor visibility due to fog when the airplane impacted the shore in Punta do Limo, some 60 km northeast of A Coruña. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Brian Willson, pilot,
P/O Leslie Charles Froud, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Arthur Harsum, observer,
Sgt Stanley Brimer, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Kitchener Bromage, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alexander Seaton Lorimer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2340LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Weidenhoek, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Dennis Brendon Geoffrey Tomlinson, pilot,
P/O Rowland Richard Henry Rowe, observer,
P/O John Osmond Little, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Edward McDonald, wireless operator,
Sgt John Dennis O'Sullivan, air gunner.

The airplane was returning to base at RAF Chivenor following an anti-submarine patrol flight. In poor visibility, it impacted ground and crashed on the west part of Lundy Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Edward Veal,
Sgt Oswald Austin Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Ellis,
Sgt Eric Hampson,
Sgt Harry Hannah,
Sgt Young John Markham.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at2310LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Weert, north of Bornem, Belgium. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Alain Stobart Russell, pilot, †
P/O Dennis Grant Box, pilot,
F/Sgt James Herbert Godbehere, observer, †
F/O Dennis Wilson Foster, wireless operator,
Sgt William Harding Orman, air gunner. †

The airplane was shot down by a German fighter and was ditched into the Atlantic Ocean some 150 km west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. All six crew members were rescued by a Spanish trawler and brought ashore at Vigo.
Crew:
Sgt S. J. Barnett, pilot,
Sgt J. H. Pike,
P/O R. Price,
Sgt G. O. Sharpe,
Sgt H. A. Weber,
Sgt L. Whitworth.

The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2355LT on May 8 on a night training exercise. In the next early morning, it impacted the slope of Caerno Hill located near Llanidloes. The airplane was destroyed and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ralph William Morin, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Morton Sellars, navigator,
Sgt Stewart Thomas Paterson, observer,
Sgt Donald Haydn Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur John Bruce Kemp, wireless operator,

The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of April 26 on an operation to Rostock. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak. The crew elected to return to base but was eventually forced to ditch the airplane in the Fehmarn Belt, off Rodbyhavn. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Edward Henriques Valentine,
Sgt Hamilton Durnam,
Sgt John Waterworth,
Sgt Harry Wellington Hands.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming in the evening of April 23 on an operation to Rostock. Passing sluth of Kiel at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Grevenkrug, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Whitham, pilot,
F/Sgt Allan Wilson Johnson, observer,
Sgt Arthur Whitaker, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Wilde, air gunner.