Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on an operation over the Bay of Biscay. In the evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German Fw.200 and crashed into the sea off Santander. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L James Gatherum Stronach, pilot,
W/O Woodrow Arnold Trask, navigator,
P/O Alan Bernard Clegg, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O Geroge Kenneth Crummy, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was performing a local launched torpedo exercise out from RAF Fraserburgh when the airplane collided with a RAF Bristol Beaufighter registered JL502 and crashed into the sea 8 km off the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Samuel Freeth, pilot,
F/Sgt Albert John Wheatcroft, navigator,
F/O Ian Hamilton Whitson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Horace Robert John Downing, air gunner.

The airplane was on a transit flight from Sherburn-in-Elmet to Nottingham-Tollerton. Upon takeoff, the port engine failed. The crew completed a close circuit and returned for an emergency landing. Because the undercarriage were no fully down and locked, they collapsed upon landing and the airplane was damaged beyond repair. Both crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Cpt John Ervin Martens, pilot +1.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on an operation to the Frisian Islands. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 15 km north northwest of Schiermonnikoog Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lawrence Edward McGee, pilot,
F/O L. G. Burgess, navigator,
W/O Edward John Ramey, wireless operator,
Sgt G. B. Jackson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 2135LT on May 17 on an operation to the Frisian Islands. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea 15 km northwest of Schiermonnikoog Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Keith Cameron Wathen, pilot,
F/O John Maxwell Crawford, observer,
F/Sgt Ian Murray Sykes, wireless operator,
Sgt Jabez Harold Steward, air gunner.

The airplane departed Sumburgh Airfield on a torpedo exercise. In flight, the starboard engine failed and the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed into the sea off Sumburgh. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Geoffrey Vincent Courtney, pilot,
F/O Alfred Charles Smith, navigator,
Sgt John Alexander King, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Hilton Alfonso Smith, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Maghaberry. On short final, the pilot attempted a go around when the airplane landed hard, bounced and crashed. There were no fatalities.

The airplane departed RAF Saint Eval at 1632LT on an anti-shipping strike operation in the Bay of Biscay. During the attack, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off the French coast. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Gordon Alton Cline, pilot,
F/O Wilfred Blythe Keown, observer,
W/O Alexander Michael John Kelly, air gunner,
F/Sgt John McMahon Ryan, air gunner.

While on a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Tanafjord. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Nikolay Mikhailovich Vatagin, pilot,
Sgt Nikolay Gerasimovich Rolenko, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Alekseevich Mironov, radio operator,
Sgt Pavel Anatolievich Meksin, air gunner.

While engaged in a fighter affiliation exercise with two Hawker Typhoons, the crew was forced to take an evasive action when control was lost. From an altitude of 2,000 feet, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Donald Montgomery, pilot,
W/O William James MacKay, navigator,
F/Sgt John Douglas Scott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John William Whipple, wireless operator.