North Sea

The airplane departed RAF Langar at 1504LT on an operation to Haselünne. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Alfred Joseph Parkyn, pilot,
F/Sgt James McGregor Allan,
P/O Eugene Edward Chouinière,
Sgt John James Gallimore,
W/O James Louis Guichard,
Sgt Jack Slater,
W/O William John Vandervoort,
Sgt Windsor Francis Richard Webb, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2210LT on November 22 on a Special Operation Executive (Operation Periwig 3 and Printo) to an airfield located in Belgium. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gordon Llewelyn Harrison, pilot,
F/Sgt John Alistair Hey, pilot,
Sgt Richard William Andrews, navigator,
Sgt Herbert Metcalf, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Raphael Kenzie, air gunner,
Sgt Harry Moxon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby to lay mines off the Frisian Islands. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea. All five crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt John Gifford Stower, pilot,
P/O Hilton Edwin Peake,
W/O Frank Renkiewicz,
W/O Horace Edward John Wilkinson,
Sgt W. P. S. Rae, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1554LT on an Air Sea Rescue operation, searching for a missing Mosquito raid on Vlissingen. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew.
F/O Francis Charles Hammond, pilot,
Sgt Charles McCreedy,
F/Sgt Kenneth Elwood Stilborn,
Sgt George Tough.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1755LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea north of the Dutch coast. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Herbert Adams Harris, pilot,
F/Sgt Richard Marlow Baldock,
P/O Joseph Peter Bulanda,
Sgt Charles Denis Evans,
Sgt Donald Frank Meade,
Sgt George Henry Stone,
F/Sgt Kenneth Laverne Howard, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1651LT on November 7 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was ditched in the North Sea some 100 km off Newcastle. All eight crew members were rescued.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. Newcombe, pilot,
Sgt Milan,
Sgt F. G. Murphy,
P/O D. R. Vickers,
Sgt L. A. Trevors,
Sgt D. J. McCoy,
Sgt W. Reading,
Sgt J. R. Coates.

The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1802LT to lay mines off Borkum, Germany. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Graham Marcus Hale, pilot,
Sgt Frank Adrian Broom,
Sgt Thomas William Grisedale,
Sgt John Edward Humphreys,
Sgt Frederick George White, navigator,
Sgt Frederick James Windram,
Sgt Frederick Leonard Tidball, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1400LT on an operation to Essen. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed some 100 km west of the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald William Urwin, pilot,
Sgt Colin Shone McHenry,
Sgt Horace Pilling Norcross,
Sgt Leslie Hunter Martin,
F/O Richmond Lovett Meredith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1349LT on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Barker, pilot,
Sgt Jack Milner,
Sgt Robert Henry Walker,
Sgt James Alfred David Wildish,
Sgt Alexander Munro Smith, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1349LT on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Robert Rawlings, pilot,
Sgt John Coltman,
Sgt Henry Arthur Merrony,
F/Sgt William Morgan Murphy,
F/Sgt Donald Stewart Rathe, air gunner.