Flight

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Otto Metcalfe, pilot,
P/O Kevin John Devlin, observer,
Sgt Walter Foch Kelcher, observer,
Sgt Desmond James Walshe, wireless operator,
Sgt Alexander John Lock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2030LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed near the target area. Lost without trace.
Crew.
F/Sgt Frank Hobson, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Anthony Hill, flight engineer,
Sgt Lloyd Watson Thomas, observer,
Sgt Wilfred Thomas Belton, wireless operator,
Sgt Philip Haig Fairbanks, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Albert Cranston Yates, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest West Catlin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2032LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in the vicinity of the target area. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Lancelot Cyril Cartwright, air gunner, †
Sgt John Cooper Havenhand, navigator, †
Sgt Stanley George Young, air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Henry Blaskey,
F/Sgt Raymond Thomas Hedley,
Sgt Garfield Nathan Tarbet Hemmings,
Sgt John Aloysius Kean.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2020LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was hit by the German Flak over Maastricht, which severely damaged the engines on the port wing. On regaining the East Anglia coast, the port outer fell from its frame and the starboard inner seized. A crash landing was made at Weeley, southeast of Colchester. Two crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henry George Mallott, flight engineer, †
Sgt Frederick Arnold Thorpe, wireless operator, †
F/O J. P. Trench,
P/O C. L. Selman,
Sgt I. J. Edwards,
F/Sgt R. F. Jenner,
Sgt N. F. Smethurst.

The airplane departed RAF Finningley at 2022LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Oostduinkerke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Edgar Bertram, pilot,
F/Sgt Cleveland John Eggleton, navigator,
P/O John Robert Agar, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank John Gallagher,
F/Sgt Richard Melvin George.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2051LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt William Donald Carrick,
Sgt James Frederick Deaton,
Sgt Thomas John Harboard,
F/Sgt James Frederick Irvine,
Sgt Harold Wright.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Burrill,
F/Sgt Ralph Ernest Gorman,
F/Sgt William Wilfred Henry Lavers,
P/O Randolph Cruickshank Smart,
F/Sgt Michael Bertram St Louis.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Lees, pilot,
Sgt Charles Norman Anderson,
Sgt Frederick Richard Guppy,
Sgt Douglas Howard Judd,
Sgt Peter Anthony Young.

The twin engine airplane departed RAF Gibraltar at 0632LT on an antisubmarine sweep operation. While returning to base, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. On approach in clouds, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located 8 km southwest of Algeciras and 17 km southwest of RAF Gibraltar. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Thomas Waddington, pilot,
P/O Henry Charles Johnson, radio operator,
P/O Gordon Alfred Kenyon, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas McMury Moore, air gunner.

For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in Wellford and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.