Devonshire

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1704LT on December 6 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew. The airplane crashed near RAF Bolt Head and was destroyed. Three crew parachuted to safety and three others were carried out to the sea due to a stiff off shore breeze and drowned.
Crew:
F/O Suszczynski, pilot,
F/O A. Grodzki,
Sgt W. Ponulak,
F/O R. Schmiel,
Sgt R. Kosyn,
Fl/O A. Fenger, air gunner.

The seaplane was returning to RAF Mount Batten from Gibraltar, carrying 10 crew members and five passengers. It approached the flare path near RAF Mount Batten but overshot in the heavy fog and had to climb and circle to starboard before attempting another approach. The airplane continued to starboard and as it made a second approach in almost zero visibility suddenly crashed into the sea approximately 3 km from the breakwater lighthouse. The aircraft hit the water with the starboard wing down, turn on its back and broke in two. All five passengers were killed and the 10 crew members were rescued 90 minutes later.
Crew:
F/Lt Wynton P. Thorpe, pilot,
P/O R. P. Gray, pilot,
F/O F. J. Lees, pilot,
P/O William S. Moore, navigator,
Cpl D. E. Bennington, fitter,
Cpl D. L. Graham, rigger,
Sgt R. B. Wilkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt S. J. Smith, wireless operator,
LAC P. Stanton, armourer,
Sgt D. G. Keating, air gunner.
Passengers :
Brig W. Vogel,
Cpt G. W. Wadham,
Cpt Frederic Thornton Peters,
Cdr R. R. Devlin,
Sgt Ryall Edward Cordrey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1730LT on a gardening operation. While returning to base in the late evening, the crew encountered extremely poor visibility. While descending to Exeter Airport, the pilot misjudged the approach when the airplane crashed in Honiton, some 17 km northeast of Exeter Airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Paul Campbell, pilot,
Sgt John Leslie Jackson, flight engineer,
Sgt Ernest Humphries Corbett, observer,
Sgt Frank Charles Bunclark, observer,
Sgt Cyril Hugh Coakley, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric Edward Bartholomew, air gunner,
Sgt Leslie Littlewood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Beaulieu on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay. While returning to base and flying northeast of Princetown, the bomber hit the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed in the Dartwood National Park. A crew member was seriously injured while six others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Harry Olsen Dawe, pilot, †
Gavin Marton Sellar, pilot, †
F/O Victor Edward Crowther, observer, †
Sgt William Gilmore Fraser, flight engineer, †
P/O William Allen Cruickshanks, wireless op. and air gunner, †
William Ballantyne Martin, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Dennis Trevor Pass.
Special thanks to Peter Burke for crew details.

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 1857LT on October 5 on an operation to Aachen. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed near Princetown. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was injured.
Crew:
P/O George Hammond Edgett, pilot, †
F/Sgt K. S. Nicholls,
Sgt E. H. Bastow, †
Sgt J. Bennie, †
Sgt J. T. Hunt. †

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 2045LT to lay mines off the French coast. It was hit by the German Marine Flak and later crashed near Cornwood. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Ernest Robertson, pilot,
Sgt Peter Edward James Jenkins, flight engineer,
Sgt Dudley Howard Harris, observer,
Sgt Frank Sidney Clarke, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Roy Simpson, wireless operator,
Sgt Cecil Jacques Bond, air gunner,
Sgt Lawrence Henry Nicholson, air gunner.

Just after liftoff, the single engine airplane hit a hedge and crashed. Both occupants were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane was returning to base at RAF Chivenor following an anti-submarine patrol flight. In poor visibility, it impacted ground and crashed on the west part of Lundy Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Edward Veal,
Sgt Oswald Austin Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Ellis,
Sgt Eric Hampson,
Sgt Harry Hannah,
Sgt Young John Markham.

The crew was completing a night training flight when he encountered very bad weather conditions. In limited visibility, the airplane impacted hilly terrain near Tavistock and was destroyed. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Andrew Picken Paterson, pilot, †
F/Sgt Richard Lewis Mellish, observer, †
Sgt Charles Arthur Pankhurst, observer, †
F/Sgt Leonard Mervyn Smith, wireless operator, †
Sgt T. K. Paul,
F/Sgt T. A. M. Whiteman.

The airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed in Exeter, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Leyser,
Uffz Wilhelm Pfeiff,
Gefr Ernst Keil,
Gefr A. Koepl.