Flight

The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, at 2030LT on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. While cruising in limited visibility due to clouds and dusk, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Tsatsa located in the Sarek National Park, some 45 km north of Kvikkjokk. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O D. I. Evans,
Cpl B. J. Sowerby,
F/Sgt James Steven Jewett, †
P/O William Henry Bowler, †
F/Sgt John Parker Campbell. †

The crew departed RAF Finningley on a cross country exercise. While cruising at night in poor weather conditions, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Borrowdale, Cumbria. The airplane was destroyed upon impact and all five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Bruce Sage, pilot,
F/Sgt George Edward Derbyshire, navigator,
Sgt Jack Lionel Brovender, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt James Anderson, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Brown Burnett, wireless operator.

The twin engine airplane departed Mitchel AFB, Long Island, on a maritime patrol flight over the Caribbean Sea. En route, one of the engine failed. The pilot ditched the airplane at 12° 10' N and 74° 10' W, some 100 km north of Santa Marta, Venezuela. All seven occupants found refuge in a dinghy and were later rescued. The aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew:
1st Lt Richard F. Ginther,
2nd Lt Arthur J. Hammer,
2nd Lt John W. Smith,
Cpl Charles V. Perkins,
Cpl George W. Oakes,
S/Sgt John F. Boener,
Pvt John S. Soar.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of September 3 on an operation to Emden. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 8 km north of Callantsoog. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Eric Richmond Hunting, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Harry Beyer, observer,
Sgt Harry Edward Goldie, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Glenville McArter, air gunner,
Sgt William Anderson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2328LT on September 3 on an operation to Emden. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Westermarsch I, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt James Law, pilot,
Sgt Horace Llewellyn Grant, observer,
Sgt Richard Alfred William Newman, observer,
Sgt Rupert Ernest Renton, wireless operator,
Sgt John Trevor Vivian Gill, air gunner.

The airplane was engaged in a test flight and crashed in unknown circumstances, maybe somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Alois Glatter, pilot,
Uffz Alois Wittmann, radio operator,
Gefr Ludwig Wolz, mechanic,
Wkm Georg Auerochs.

Following an engine failure in flight, the pilot performed an emergency landing when the airplane skidded along and broke through two small dikes before Engineer Obergefreiter Adam Gerhardt was thrown out of the aircraft and ended up underneath it when it came to a halt. When the aircraft was moved it was found that Gerhardt was dead.
Crew:
Obfw Karl Haisch, pilot,
Ogfr Adam Gerhardt, flight engineer, †
Uffz Erwin Bormann, radio operator.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2252LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Léglantiers. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Innes Montgomery Logan, observer, †
F/Sgt Francis Edward Monckton, †
F/Sgt Colin Albert Alt,
Sgt William Burman Holland,
W/O J. J. Foley.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2310LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km off The Hague. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Douglas Sinclair Forsyth, pilot,
P/O Alec Leonard Foster, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Charles Taylor, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Amwyl Jeffries, bomb aimer,
P/O Herbert Orlando Peel, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Wright, air gunner,
P/O Charles Frederick Walter Underwood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2253LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Warnant, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Archibald Philip Walsh, pilot,
F/O Harry William Thompson, observer,
F/Sgt Frederick William Cassidy, wireless operator,
P/O John Handel Freestone, wireless operator,
P/O Gerald Charles Hart, air gunner.