Royal Air Force - RAF

While engaged in an operation to France, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Campigny, some 7 km southwest of Bayeux. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henryk Nowakowski, pilot,
Sgt Florian Kornafel, radio operator,
P/O Jan Rysztok, observer,
Sgt Jan Karna, air gunner,
Sgt Henryk Zachel, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Bodney. While making a single approach, the pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed near the airfield, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Rees Davies Williams, pilot,
F/Sgt Douglas James Kirkland, observer,
Sgt John Kenny, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RNAS Dale when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the St Brides Bay, north of the airbase. The wreckage was not found and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Tadeusz Rafal Skierkowski, pilot,
F/O Adam Ludwik Schultz, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 1852LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Vlieland Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Lloyd Ernest White, pilot,
P/O Gerrard Roy Bing,
P/O Frederick Walter Buck,
F/Sgt David Beverley Smyth,
F/Sgt John Millar Joynt, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 1915LT on an operation to Cologne. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/Lt J. Hobbs, pilot,
F/Sgt D. D. Baird,
P/O A. H. Cunningham,
F/Sgt A. Sayner,
F/O R. S. Longuet, air gunner.

Following a night training mission, while returning to RAF Cranage, the pilot mistook a navigation beacon and instead starting the descent through the airbase, went off course. Shortly later, in limited visibility, the twin engine airplane impacted the slope of a mountain near Buxton. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Paul Joseph Woodcock, pilot,
Sgt James Munro Matheson, pilot,
Sgt Richard James Reay, pilot,
Sgt William Gordon Dale, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1831LT on October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it lost power and crashed into a house while trying to go around again from a misjudged approach. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Wesley Bethel Croft, pilot,
P/O Alexander Mcbirnie Wardrop, observer,
P/O Ronald Edward Eric Gurd, navigator,
P/O William James Jones, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Harry Joseph Thomas Gray, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1915LT on October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in hilly terrain about 18 km north of Helsmley. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Henry Ernest Game, pilot, †
F/O Leonard Charles Robert Leach, observer, †
Sgt H. Scattergood,
Sgt L. S. Hamblett,
Sgt E. C. Hawkins,
Sgt Ronald Court, wireless operator, †
Sgt E. T. Lund, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1829LT on October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, the crew diverted to RAF Docking where the airplane crashed on approach and was destroyed. All five crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
P/O B. L. Adilman, pilot,
F/O A. H. Moody,
P/O D. C. Fairley,
Sgt W. W. Fleger,
Sgt J. A. Simpson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1830LT on October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it suffered a power loss on one engine. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in an open field located 1,5 km south of Beeford. All six crew members were rescued, among them three were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. S. Clinton, pilot,
Sgt J. A. Delorme,
Sgt A. G. Rowe,
Sgt J. R. Latremouille,
Sgt T. O. Copeland,
Sgt S. Cuthbert, air gunner.