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The airplane departed Luqa Airport on a mission over the Mediterranean Sea. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the sea. all six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Craven Goring Hohler,
F/O John Archibald Gray,
Sgt John Charles Cornish,
Sgt Hugh Alphonso Hogger,
Sgt Jack Herbert Jefferies,
Sgt Frederick Eric Valentine Johnson.

While cruising off Sardinia on a flight to Beyrouth and Damascus via Bizerte, the radio navigator sent a brief message that he was hit by enemy fire. Shortly later, the aircraft named 'Le Verrier' crashed into the sea some 50 km off the Cape Spartivento, south of Sardinia. SAR were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the seven occupants was ever found. At the time of the accident, Italian and British fighters were taking part to a battle in the area.
Crew:
Henri Guillaumet, pilot,
Marcel Reine, copilot,
Jean Le Duff, radio navigator,
Fernand Franques, flight engineer,
Lucien Montaubin. second flight engineer.
Passengers:
Jean Chiappe, High Civil Commissioner of France to Levant (Lebanon and Syria),
Cpt Nicolas.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1800LT on November 27 on an operation to Le Havre. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into The Channel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew.
P/O Edward Read Osborn,
Sgt Ralph Collier,
Sgt Walter Livesey,
Sgt Dennis Rowley,
Sgt George Edward West.

The bomber was engaged in an operation to Lorient when it crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Walter Jerwood,
Sgt Frederic Jack Newman,
Sgt Ernest Frederick Battle.

The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1635LT on an operation to Gent. It failed to return and it is believed that it probably crashed into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Roland Ernest Maurer, pilot,
Sgt Ian Stuart Macaulay, observer,
Sgt Benjamin Leslie Bembridge, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 25 on an operation to Kiel. While flying at night, it probably crashed into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew.
P/O Robert George Gordon Malben Marsden,
F/Sgt Frank Swatton,
Sgt James Arthur Bowler,
Sgt William Raltray Allan Dick,
Sgt Alistair MacNab,
Sgt Raymond William Powell.

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham in the evening of November 24 on an operation to Hamburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Alfred Waugh, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Cox,
Sgt Adolphus Wilfred Norman.

The airplane departed Belfast-Aldergrove Airport on a convoy mission. According to eyewitnesses on HMS Vesper, the airplane stalled while making a turn and dove into the North Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Gardiner Hair,
F/O Brian Henry Herrick,
Sgt Percy Ronald Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1700LT on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Robert Matheson Pears,
Sgt Robert Charles Bishop,
Sgt Harold Wignell Brook,
Sgt Stanley Charles Chester,
Sgt Alfred Hyam,
Sgt Albert Edward Taylor.

The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. It failed to return to its base, probably after it crashed somewhere into the North Sea. No trace was found. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj Karl-Heinrich Heyse, pilot,
Uffz Richard Fiedler, radio operator,
Uffz Herbert Bauda, mechanic.