Celtic Sea

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook to lay mines off the west coast of France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Celtic Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew.
P/O John Patrick Muirhead, pilot,
F/Sgt Eric Waple, observer,
Sgt Cyril Waldron, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Henry Durrant, air gunner,
Sgt William Joseph Brazier, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 0008LT on an operation to Nantes. At night, it was ditched into the Celtic Sea. Four crew members were killed and two others were rescued in their dinghy about a week later.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Raymond St George Arrowsmith, pilot, †
F/Sgt George Arthur McLean, pilot, †
Sgt Walter Gordon Harrison, observer, †
Sgt Phillip Robert Abbas, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Frank Adlam, air gunner,
F/Sgt George William Gibb, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton to attack the Scharnhorst. It is believed that it was damaged by enemy fire and subsequently crashed into the sea, some 50 miles off Milford Heaven, Pembrokeshire. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Robert Balmain Campbell,
F/Sgt William Cockburn,
Sgt George Thomas Friend,
P/O Donald Alfred Lewis, observer,
Sgt Arthur John Mitchell,
P/O John Henry Eric Warner,
Sgt Arthur Ronald Norman Whitcher.

The crew was performing a maritime patrol flight when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Celtic Sea, some 50 miles west off Lundy Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Philip Sidney Bensted,
Sgt Joseph Goddard,
LAC Ernest Richards,
P/O Harry Steel,
P/O Antony O'Neill Willcox.

The crew was performing a training flight from Benson to Bude. The twin engine aircraft departed RAF Benson at 0930LT. En route, the pilot decided to continue over the Celtic Sea for about 80 km before returning to his base via Trevose Head. But the aircraft disappeared and failed to arrive in Bude. SAR operations did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the five crewmen.
Crew (63rd Squadron):
P/O Charles Robey Coventry, pilot,
P/O Angus Cameron, observer,
Sgt Alvin Gordon Gibson,
AC2 Hugh Oliver Wilson Gormlay,
AC2 James Crompton Buckland.