Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The crew was completing a night training flight and was returning to his base in Belfast-Aldergrove when the pilot in command lost his orientation and continued to the northeast to Scotland. While running out of fuel in low visibility, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in the Fathan Glinne Mountain Range, near the village of Balquhidder, by the Loch Voil. A crew member was seriously injured while five others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John James Westoby, pilot, †
Sgt William John Barnfather, pilot, †
Sgt John Whitsed, observer, †
Sgt James Gerrard Curtis, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Jack Perfect, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt W. S. Hamilton, air gunner.

On a night training flight, the aircraft hit a hill located southwest of Nairn. Three crew members were seriously injured while four others were killed. Two days later, one of the survivor died from his injuries.
Crew (19th OTU):
F/Lt Raymond Wilson Pitts McFarland, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Johnson Sampson, pilot, †
F/O Alexander Chalmers Barrie, navigator, †
Sgt Ronald Hartley, air bomber, †
F/Sgt Arthur Thomas Hawkins, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Alfred Hartwell, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Padley, air gunner.

The airplane suffered an engine failure in flight and was ditched into the sea off Saint Annes Head. All five crew members were rescued by the crew of HMS Fury after having spent 7,5 hours in their dinghy.
Crew:
F/O Maurice George Harrison, pilot,
Sgt Cleaver,
F/Sgt Pryde,
P/O Rees,
Sgt Smith.

On approach to RAF Sleap, the airplane crashed in Loppington, 3 km northwest of the airbase. All five crew members were killed. The accident occurred after two missed approaches.
Crew:
Sgt Harry James Spiers, pilot,
Sgt Harold Leather, navigator,
Sgt John James Brown, bomb aimer,
Sgt James William Scott, wireless operator,
Sgt William Arthur Cadel, air gunner.

The airplane departed Bournemouth-Hurn Airport at 2250LT on April 17 on an operation to a railway electric station located south of Médizon. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ernes. The pilot was killed, the radio operator evaded and two other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Roger George Wallis, pilot, †
F/O Anthony Peter Fox Waddington, navigator,
P/O Phillip Whitnall, radio operator,
F/Sgt Edward Hughes, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Cranwell on a night navigation exercise. While returning to base in the early morning, the airplane suffered an engine failure on approach. It lost height, collided with a tree and crashed in a field near the airbase. All five crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew (3rd OTU):
Sgt G. C. Wright, pilot,
Sgt W. Brook, pilot +3.

The crew was performing a training flight when he encountered severe icing conditions. The airplane got iced and became uncontrollable. In such conditions, all crew members abandoned the airplane that crashed near Garrowby and was destroyed. All occupants parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Sgt R. L. Evans, pilot +4.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Landivy and was destroyed. All five crew members survived, two evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Hereward Tweedale Winter, pilot,
Sgt Stanley McLeod, copilot,
P/O William Struth Spittal, navigator,
Sgt Charles L. Hodgson, radio operator,
F/Sgt Michael Raleigh Gibbs, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in an operation to Distré (attack of an electric station). Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak. While trying an emergency landing, the airplane collided with a pine tree and crashed in a field located in the hamlet of Les Monteaux, west of Vivy. Four crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Philip Michael Vaughan Lysaght, pilot, †
F/O James Hamish Cameron McIlwrick, pilot, †
Sgt Ivor William Arnold, navigator, †
W/O Joseph Elzear Sahl Sasseville, wireless operator, †
Sgt Joseph Bailey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Netheravon at 1858LT to drop leaflets over Châteauroux. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt William Ronald Erasmus, pilot,
Sgt Sidney Albert George Wraight, observer,
Sgt Jack Heaton Beebe, radio operator,
F/Sgt Edward Froggatt, air gunner.