North Sea

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 0045LT on a gardening operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Harvey Young, pilot,
Sgt Brian John Waldron Boyle,
Sgt Reuben Howard Neade,
Sgt Arthur Richard Taylor,
Sgt Jack Entwistle, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1233LT on an operation to Milan. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O John Thomas Norie Miles, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Gordon Fraser, navigator,
F/O William Caldwell Hamilton, observer,
Sgt Joseph Gordon Taylor, air bomber,
Sgt Herbert Blatch Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Francis Heffernan, air gunner,
Sgt Walter John Wakelin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1232LT on an operation to Milan. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Russell Lloyd Cumberland, pilot,
Sgt Walter Scott,
Sgt Stanley Alfred Gregg,
Sgt James Temple Philpott,
Sgt John James Glendinning, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Adey, air gunner,
Sgt John St K. Bernard Fern, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 1915LT on an operation to Cologne. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/Lt J. Hobbs, pilot,
F/Sgt D. D. Baird,
P/O A. H. Cunningham,
F/Sgt A. Sayner,
F/O R. S. Longuet, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of October 13 on an operation to Kiel. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Donald Phillips Scott, pilot,
Sgt Richard Thomas Barber,
Sgt James Jeffrey Barton,
F/Sgt Edwin Robert Bergquist,
F/O William James Hedley,
Sgt Robert Pierpoint,
Sgt Alan Alfred Walker, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1753LT on an operation to Wismar. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Richard Frederick Elliott, pilot,
F/Sgt John Kennedy Cullen,
Sgt Alexander Rae Hendrie,
Sgt Gordon Hodge,
F/O John William Beresford Horne,
P/O Graeme Lonarch Laidlaw,
F/Sgt William Charles Henry Ross.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1819LT on October 5 on an operation to Aachen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace. The crew probably encountered poor weather conditions over the sea.
Crew:
Sgt K. E. Crewe,
Sgt R. Doherty,
Sgt George Erwin Robson,
Sgt J. H. G. Shaw,
Sgt S. A. Palmer.

The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1756LT on an operation to Flensburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O J. L. Jones,
Sgt R. Q. Stevens,
Sgt M. A. Pickering,
Sgt R. C. Prior,
F/Sgt A. McK. Mowbray,
Sgt K. R. Curran,
Sgt S. C. Carter.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 1928LT on September 29 on a mine laying operation in the Nectarines area. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Stuart Daniel Wells, pilot,
Sgt Edward George Souter, flight engineer,
Sgt Max Hilton Elliott, navigator,
Sgt Eric Harold Cecil Phillips, wireless operator,
W/O Lawrence Joseph Tighe, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Bernard Lovett Flint, air gunner,
F/Sgt Gerald Finnbarr McHugh, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1930LT on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Jack Stratford Ward, pilot,
Sgt Jack Bruce Harden, navigator,
Sgt Harold Classen Thompson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alwyn Charles Rich, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip Rossiter Mitchell, air gunner.