Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1901LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Lanester, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Peter Leslie Beesley, pilot,
Sgt George William Whiles, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Lewis, mechanic,
Sgt Eric Brindle, navigator,
Sgt Frederick George Carr, radio operator,
Sgt Leonard Bygrave, bomb aimer,
Sgt Kenneth Bowley, air gunner,
Sgt Edwin Francis Cowper, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1912LT on an operation to Lorient. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the target area, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Herbert Dalton Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frederick Abraham, mechanic,
F/O Kenneth Llewellyn Morgan, navigator,
Sgt George Edward Young, radio operator,
Sgt Howard Llewellyn Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Raymond Parker, air gunner,
Sgt John Brown Hillhouse, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening on an operation to Lorient. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the Bay of Biscay or maybe The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O John Whitla Millar, pilot,
W/O Harry Gordon Black,
W/O Kenneth Mitchell Perkins,
Sgt Leslie Harold Curtis,
Sgt Robert William Drury,
F/Sgt William Wilson Scrimgeour,
Sgt Alfred Leslie Bond, air gunner.

The undercarriage retracted in error upon landing, causing the airplane to be a write off.

The airplane departed RAF Leconfield at 1637LT to lay mines off Brest. Due to bad weather over the target area, the mission was aborted and the crew returned to base. After landing at base in the late evening, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and crashed into trees, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped unhurt while the airplane was destroyed after the load of mines exploded.
Crew:
Sgt J. R. Murdoch, pilot,
Sgt M. S. Roberts,
Sgt P. A. Taylor,
Sgt D. W. Williams,
Sgt J. S. Morgan, air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Harlaxton, while climbing to a height of about 50 feet, the right engine failed. The airplane stalled and crashed onto the runway and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot, a Turkish citizen, was injured.
Crew:
Lt H. Sever, pilot.

The crew departed RAF Saltby at 0925LT on a training flight on behalf of the 14th OTU. While cruising at an altitude of 2,000 feet in a flaps and undercarriage down configuration, the pilot stalled the airplane. It entered a dive and as the pilot was unable to regain control due to an insufficient distance with the ground, the airplane crashed in an open field located in Old Leake, northeast of Boston, bursting into flames. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Evans, pilot,
W/O Hugh Murray, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Frank Peachey, navigator,
Sgt John Sykes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Sharp, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1710LT to lay mines 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:
P/O John Augustin Poirier, pilot,
P/O Arthur Lesley Worsley,
F/Sgt Frederick Charles Bitten,
Sgt Harold James Martin,
Sgt Roy Benjamin Bloom,
F/Sgt Alfred Frederic Guillemette, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1722LT to lay mines. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Edmund Thomas Cox, pilot,
W/O Eddie Donald Coates,
Sgt Francis John Allen,
F/Sgt Harvey McKerr Duke,
F/O Joseph Moses Patterson,
F/Sgt Alfred Ernest Booth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Portreath on a flight to Gibraltar, first intermediate stop on a flight to India. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, it caught fire and crashed into the sea 6,4 km west of the airbase. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Amar Chandra De, pilot,
Sgt Roy McKenzie,
F/O Herbert L. Martin,
Sgt George Scott,
Sgt Ernest H. J. Grove.