Vickers 424 Wellington IV

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1747LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It turned back following a loss of power from the starboard engine and when the port motor failed, a ditching was made at 2040LT in position 53° 19' N 02° 49' E. All five crew members were rescued some three hours later by an air sea rescue launch and taken into Great Yarmouth.
Crew:
Sgt K. Ignatowski, pilot,
P/O H. Hryncewicz,
Sgt K. Szczygielski,
Sgt S. Prostak,
Sgt T. Omilanowski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1803LT on an operation to Hamburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Drogeham. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt M. Seredyn, pilot,
F/O Edward Lesisz, navigator, †
Sgt Henrik Leon Gzell, bomb aimer, †
F/Sgt Alfons Kowalski, wireless operator, †
Sgt Bernard Kozlowski, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1614LT to lay mines off Lorient. Passing over Brest, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into sea off the city. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Adam Pankiewicz, pilot,
Sgt Edmund Jerzy Malinowski, navigator,
Sgt Tadeusz Glowczynski, radio operator,
F/O Tolimir Władysław Kozlowski, observer,
Sgt Wiktor Sroka, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1714LT on an operation to Lorient. Less than an hour into the flight, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and decided to divert to RAF Langar where the airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. All five crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Sgt M. Krol, pilot,
F/O W. Peitasik,
Sgt S. Ratlinski,
Sgt C. Harmusziewicz,
F/O N. Cywinski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2234LT on January 14 on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and was probably shot down by the German Flak and crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Stanisław Gosiewski, pilot,
P/O Stefan Zukotynski, navigator,
Sgt Jerzy Burda, radio operator,
Sgt Henryk Imialek, bomb aimer,
Sgt Josef Jednaki, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 0330LT on a mine laying operation off Brest, France. A bit more than an hour into the flight, while cruising at night, the airplane flew into a tree and crashed in Barrowby. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O F. K. Krawczyk, pilot,
Sgt Karol Zygmunt Dutkiewicz,
P/O A. J. Plusa,
Sgt J. F. Laskowski,
Sgt S. Dorosz, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1759LT on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. It was badly shot about by enemy fire and later crashed in Dunmoor Hill. Four crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
F/O T. Tyrala, pilot, †
F/O Tadeusz Włodmierz Bronisław Sokolinski, †
Sgt J. Pasierski, †
Sgt E. Tabaczynski, †
Sgt J. A. Korczynski, air gunner.

During the takeoff run at RAF Hemswell, the airplane went out of control and skidded through a fence. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and there were no casualties.
Crew:
P/O F. Krawczyk, pilot +4.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on December 6 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night and flying along the French coast, it was hit by the German Flak. Later, the crew ditched the airplane into the sea off Littlehampton. Two crew members were killed and three others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Z. Cipriski, pilot,
Sgt Roman Najda, †
P/O N. S. Lewicki,
Sgt W. Moszczynski,
Sgt Wladysław Siudak, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1704LT on December 6 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew. The airplane crashed near RAF Bolt Head and was destroyed. Three crew parachuted to safety and three others were carried out to the sea due to a stiff off shore breeze and drowned.
Crew:
F/O Suszczynski, pilot,
F/O A. Grodzki,
Sgt W. Ponulak,
F/O R. Schmiel,
Sgt R. Kosyn,
Fl/O A. Fenger, air gunner.