Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1850LT on an operation to Milan. Over the target area, it was abandoned after being struck by incendiaries that destroyed the instrument panel. Four crew were killed and three others parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Walter Harry Powdrell, pilot, †
F/O Charles Edward Nicholson, †
Sgt J. G. W. T. Duffield,
Sgt A. J. Burton,
Sgt A. Rusling,
F/O Denis Young, †
Sgt Joseph George Nolan, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 1825LT on an operation to Cologne. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Helchteren. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Owen Cecil Chave, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Arthur Self,
Sgt James Falshaw Cook,
F/O John Neville Muir,
F/Sgt Lewis Lee Gladwin,
Sgt Thomas Frederick Stocks,
F/O William Alexander Archibald,
Sgt James Ernest Nicholls, air gunner.

While on a delivery flight, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed near Ibadan. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Maurice Norman Waugh, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter David King, observer,
W/O Byron Leslie Sweeney, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Ridgewell at 1901LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 45 km west of Vlissingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Lionel William Tabor, pilot,
Sgt Edward Couldwell,
Sgt James Kennedy,
Sgt Kenneth William Valentine,
Sgt Stanley Richard Cann,
Sgt Thomas Alfred Butt,
Sgt Alec Simmons, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Sharjah on a flight to Karachi, carrying four crew members and one passenger. About 30 minutes into the flight, while cruising over the Gulf of Oman, the pilot noticed oil on the reduction gear casing of the port engine. This coupled with a visibility of only two miles made him decide to return to Sharjah. Seven minutes later, the propeller of the right engine detached. He made an emergency landing in a rocky land located in Rul Dhadnah, some 10 km southeast of Dibba Al Fujairah. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and the navigator was killed. All four other occupants were later rescued.
Crew:
Sgt G. Chadwick, pilot,
Sgt William H. Donnelly, navigator, †
Sgt G. A. Wharton, wireless operator,
Sgt W. J. Brown, wireless operator.
Passenger:
Lt Col De Watteville.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 1749LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the late evening, it collided with a RAF Halifax registered W1182. Three crew members bailed out, another one was killed and the pilot crash landed the airplane some 6 km south of Langport. The pilot escaped unhurt .
Crew:
F/Sgt G. Ashplant, pilot,
Sgt H. J. A. Reid,
F/Sgt William Bertram Smalley, †
Sgt E. J. Cutler,
Sgt A. Jeffery, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1840LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the late evening, it collided with a RAF Wellington registered BK460 and crashed inverted into flood water roughly 1,5 km north of Langport. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Peter Edwin Ayscough, pilot,
Sgt Charles William Steedman,
Sgt Edward Woodrow King,
Sgt Ernest Henry Pounds,
Sgt Kenneth Jack Reeder,
F/Sgt Kenneth William Scott,
F/O John Henry Chapman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1741LT on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed on approach to base, at Newhall Wood, some 5 km from the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Martin, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Francis Gibbs,
Sgt James Callanan,
Sgt John Bowman Reay,
Sgt Leonard Jones,
Sgt Robert Victor Coombs,
Sgt Edward Hemmings, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1820LT on an operation to Lorient. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak. Abandoned by the crew, it crashed near Landeleau and was destroyed. A crew was killed, five evaded and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O James Copeland Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Daniel Christie Young, mechanic,
F/O Gordon Henry François Carter, navigator,
Sgt Edward Roland Turenne, radio operator,
Sgt Richard Martin, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Napoleon Barry, air gunner,
F/O William Joseph Freeman, air gunner. †

The crew departed Wick Airport on a local post maintenance test flight. Few minutes after takeoff, while circling off Wick, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Staxigoe. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Wrench, pilot,
Sgt Robert Erskine Burt, wireless operator,
Lac Allan Richardson, fitter.