Grimsby

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1641LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base, it ditched off Grimsby. All five crew members were rescued by a passing trawler.
Crew:
P/O Earp,
P/O McKenzie,
Sgt Carmichael,
Sgt Stewart,
Sgt Cairns.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby for a training exercise but climbed too slowly, stalled and crashed just to the southwest of the airfield. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Jakins, pilot,
Sgt Collan Michael Anthony Bawden Brett, pilot,
Sgt Norman Borrows, observer,
Sgt Harry Morton Exley, wireless operator,
Sgt K. W. Light.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2130LT on August 14 on an operation to Rotterdam. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a JU.88 and crashed in the Humber Estuary off Grimsby. Two crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Harrison, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alan Wakeford, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. Price,
Sgt A. Cameron,
Sgt Cook,
Sgt P. Thorpe.

The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operation to England. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from a British trawler and crashed into the sea some 50 km east of Grimsby. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Cpt Heinrich Meyer, pilot, †
Lt Hans Müller, observer, †
Fw Heinz Merkert, radio operator,
Fw Herbert Krummrey, mechanic, †
Gefr Albert Klausfering, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2212LT on June 29 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and was ditched in the North Sea some 60 km east of Grimsby. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt P. Nowakowski,
Sgt Wielondek,
F/O C. Dej,
Sgt H. Kudelko,
Sgt A. Socha,
Sgt W. Sosinski.

While approaching the British coast, the bomber was shot down by the British Flak and crashed into the Humber Estuary off Grimsby. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (4./KG 53):
Oblt H. Bannert,
Uffz W. Göhring,
Gfr G. Werder,
Uffz E. Zahn.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation over Berlin. It was ditched in the North Sea off Grimsby and all four crew members were rescued 7 hours later.
Crew:
P/O A. J. G. Mills,
P/O J. A. Mundy,
Sgt E. Groves,
Sgt T. Highton.

While approaching the British coast while on a bombing mission, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF fighter and crashed into the Humber estuary. All four crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a SAR mission after an RAF Hampden registered L4064 was missing. The aircraft departed RAF Waddington at 1745LT. At the end of the evening, while cruising south of Grimsby, both engines failed due to a fuel exhaustion. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a field. All four crew members were injured.
Crew (50th Squadron):
P/O R. D. Wawn,
Sgt B. Pollard,
Sgt A. Wappnett,
Cpl R. L. H. Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1825 on February 26 on a maritime patrol flight off the German coast. While returning to England at night, the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed three miles south of Grimsby. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
S/L N. B. Norris, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Laidlaw Smith Smythe, pilot,
Sgt Percy Dryden Nixon, observer,
AC1 Hubert Everard Preston, wireless operator and air gunner.