Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1211LT on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Newbald Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles Edward Carroll, observer,
Sgt Arnold Geoffrey Bocock, radio operator,
F/Sgt John Stables, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Norman Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Roy Furnivall Thompson,
Sgt Robert Rowell, radio operator,
Sgt Lambert Philip Bow, air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Cubitt Duce, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William John Wesley Kingston, pilot,
Sgt Robert Cecil William De Courcy, observer,
Sgt Alfred Gibson, radio operator,
Sgt Andrew Fulton, air gunner,
Sgt Joseph Arthur Tobin, air gunner.

The airplane struck a large bank of frozen snow and crashed upon takeoff. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt Reid +3.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1205LT on a mine laying operation off the Dutch coast. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea some 70 km west of Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Edward Brown, pilot,
Sgt Robert Anthony Billington, navigator,
Sgt David Michael Pickersgill, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Bland, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Brest. It crashed for unknown reason while approaching the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Arthur Norman Mowlam, pilot,
Sgt George James Linegar, observer,
Sgt William Black, wireless operator,
Sgt Clarence James Stringer, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on an operation to Brest and it crashed in unknown circumstances in Créances. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Lawrence Edward Le Queux, pilot, †
Sgt John Knight Barron Laing,
Sgt Roland George Saunders,
Sgt Colin McVicar Smart.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Münster. It was ditched in the North Sea off the East Anglia coast. All four crew members managed to get into a dinghy but when rescue came 16 hours later, only one crew was still alive. The others succumbed to the intense cold.
Crew:
Sgt C. H. J. Brown, pilot,
F/Sgt Alexander Granton Patrick, observer, †
Sgt Frederick William Baker, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert William Antony Biddlecombe, wireless operator. †

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1755LT on an operation to Münster. It is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea after encountering severe icing conditions. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpl Antoni Sporny, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Anyan, observer,
Sgt Alfred James Dickerson, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Mckay Young, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1800LT on an operations to Münster. Passing over the Netherlands, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Lichtenvoorde. All four crew members were killed.
Crew.
P/O Robert Vincent Selfe, pilot,
F/Sgt Joseph Alfred Jacobson, observer,
Sgt Duncan Edward Hodgkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Sidney George Harding, air gunner.