Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Kirkenes, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Cpt Andrey Zinovievich Stoyanov, pilot,
Cpt Pavel Arsentievich Korovinsky, navigator,
Sgt Nikolay Kapitonovich Zaitsev, radio operator,
Sgt Mikhail Makarovich Kovtun, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby in the evening of December 11 on a maritime patrol flight. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the North Sea off the Norwegian coast. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Ian Gunton, pilot,
P/O Thomas Alfred Edgoose, navigator, †
Sgt Douglas Frederick Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt Arnold Errol Crossley, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1709LT on November 20 on an operation to IJmuiden. After midnight, while returning to base, the crew sent a last message while flying in poor weather conditions. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed into the sea off Cape Gris-Nez. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur James Tippett, pilot,
P/O John Joseph Lynn, observer,
Sgt Douglas Lloyd George Millar, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Robert Theodore Sleep, wireless operator.

The crew was performing a local training flight at Severomorsk-1 Airport (Vayenga-1). While circling at night in the vicinity of the airfield, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew.
Cpt Garbuz Ivan Yakovlevich, pilot,
Sgt Feodosy Spiridonovich Skomorokhov, radio operator.

The crew was performing a local training sortie at RAF Saltby. On final approach. the airplane crashed short of runway and was destroyed. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt M. G. East,
Sgt H. A. Webb,
Sgt J. L. Warren,
Sgt G. C. Gale.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 0002LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it ran out of fuel and crashed in a field located southwest of the airbase. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt H. D. Beames,
Sgt D. McKay,
Sgt M. B. Anderson,
Sgt W. R. Jordan.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2354LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stadskanaal, some 36 km southeast of Groningen. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Roman Grabek, pilot, †
Sgt George Edward Cragg Coldron, observer, †
Sgt Roland Carlson, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Francis Needham, air gunner.

The crew was completing a training exercise at RAF Balderton. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane stalled and crashed some 3 km northeast of the airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Murray Frame,
F/Sgt William George Keogh.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 2020LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Believed to have crashed in the vicinity of the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Carl Kerr, pilot,
Sgt Donald Harold Chapman, observer,
F/Sgt William Oswald Anderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter David Deatherage, air gunner.

The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. While cruising in limited visibility due to clouds and dusk, the airplane apparently lost height and crashed on the slope of Mt Arvestuottar located some 45 km southeast of Kvikkjokk. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward John Smart, pilot,
F/Sgt Thomas Graham Nicholls, navigator,
Sgt Louis Arthur Biggin, wireless operator,
Sgt John Mackenzie Oberlin Harris, air gunner,
Cpl Donald Henry Nelson.