Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1734LT on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base in the late evening, the crew tried to land at Gatwick Airport when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Cuckfield, some 16 km south of Gatwick Airfield. All seven crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
P/O D. Beveridge, pilot,
Sgt A. Langland,
Sgt R. McNeil,
Sgt S. W. Gains,
Sgt W. J. Hanks,
Sgt A. E. Wheeler,
Sgt D. G. Culver.

The airplane departed RAF East Wretham to lay mines off Bayonne, France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Gill, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas Graeme Harrison Johnson, navigator,
Sgt Arnold Morris,
F/Sgt James Lester Watkinson,
Sgt Thomas Clarke, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lakenheath at 1721LT to lay mines in the French waters. Flying along the French coast, it was shot down by a the German fighter and crashed into the Bay of Biscay of Saint-Girons. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Anderson West, pilot,
Sgt William Ross St George Fairfield, flight engineer,
Sgt herbert Carter, navigator,
F/Sgt Kenneth Stewart Gunning, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Henry Short, wireless operator,
Sgt Basil Derrik Allen, air gunner,
F/Sgt Cecil Robert McMullin, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Morpeth. Rady for takeoff, the airplane collided with a second RAF Botha registered W5139 and also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes were destroyed and all four occupants escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Lac A. Skinner +3.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Morpeth. Upon landing, the airplane collided with a second RAF Botha registered L6339 and also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes were destroyed and one crew was killed, three others were injured.
Crew:
Lac John Wignall, †
Lac B. H. White,
Sgt J. Zalenski,
Lac H. Wilford.

The crew departed RAF Jurby on a navigation exercise. While cruising over the Irish Sea, the airplane suffered an engine failure and was ditched off Fleetwood. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. Meeklah, pilot,
F/O Stanislav Vydrář, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Kirmington at 1755LT to lay mines in the French coastal waters. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John James Perry, pilot,
F/Sgt Hugh Laurence John Mackender, navigator,
Sgt John George Duncan, observer,
Sgt Alan Harvey Clayton, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Ferguson, air gunner.

The crew was completing a night training exercise at RAF Croft. After takeoff, while climbing away for a third circuit, the bomber collided with the tops of trees bordering the airfield and crashed into a field just beyond the boundary. All six crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Sgt Southwood +5.

The crew was performing a training exercise out from RAF Calveley. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine airplane impacted the slope of Mt Moel Sych located southeast of Llandrillo. The wreckage was found just below the summit. A crew member was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lac J. D. Barnes, †
Sgt J. T. McStay,
Ac1 F. Beswick.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Llandwrog, near Caernarfon, at 0124LT on a night training exercise to RAF Penrhos. The crew contacted ground at 0132LT and this was the last radio contact ever. It seems that the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea while approaching RAF Penrhos. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (9th AFU):
Sgt Trevor Morgan Blakemore, pilot,
P/O Keith Charman, navigator,
Sgt John George Cairns,
Sgt John Mallett,
Lac Ronald Adam Simpson.