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The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1930LT on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Jack Stratford Ward, pilot,
Sgt Jack Bruce Harden, navigator,
Sgt Harold Classen Thompson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alwyn Charles Rich, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip Rossiter Mitchell, air gunner.

The twin engine airplane departed Dartmouth Airport on an anti-submarine patrol mission with a 10-hours endurance. It failed to return to base and probably crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur Roland Booth, pilot,
P/O Walter Lawrence Junge, observer,
P/O David McGillivray Knowles, observer,
P/O Charles Gordon Sawyer, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Douglas Selig, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1904LT on September 23 to lay mines in the French waters off Lorient. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Atlantic Ocean. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt T. Sekowski, pilot,
F/O R. Rodzynkiewicz, navigator,
F/O L. Ostaszewski, observer,
Sgt A. Prucheniewicz, wireless operator,
Sgt Antoni Ostrowski, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 1902LT on a mine laying operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off Friesland, Netherlands. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leslie Arthur Seamark, pilot,
Sgt Richard Lind, navigator,
Sgt Alfred Trewin, wireless operator,
Sgt Nial Thurlow Byrne, air gunner,
Sgt William John Godly, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of September 21 on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Derek Henry Evans,
F/Sgt Russel Quince Leatherman,
F/Sgt William Bradley Martin,
F/Sgt Robert Elmer Paudash,
Sgt Douglas Thomson Simpson.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall in the evening of September 21 on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a German fighter and to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Hedley Maurice Hawkins,
F/Sgt John Rimmer,
F/Sgt Joseph Eli Rodgers,
Sgt John Sanderson Sagar,
F/Sgt Whitby Shankland.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn at 2000LT on September 18 to lay mines in the Undergrowth and Yew Tree area. Passing over the Kattegat, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Edward Land, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frederick Lowrie, flight engineer,
Sgt George Hayes, navigator,
F/Sgt William Douglas Probert, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Frank Edward Davidson, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Frederick Eldridge, air gunner,
F/Sgt Charles Robert Bee, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1941LT on September 18 on a mine laying operation. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Richard David Owen, pilot,
Sgt Alan James Calderwood, observer,
P/O Frank Henry Ellis, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Marmaduke Williams, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Arthur Hunter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 18 on a mine laying operation in the Gironde Estuary (Deordars). It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt J. Beattie,
Sgt J. Cliffe,
Sgt J. R. Locke,
Sgt A. F. Bentley,
Sgt F. Walters,
Sgt A. K. Wigley,
Sgt J. W. Drinkwater.

May have crashed somewhere in the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Haug, pilot,
Ogefr Emil Karsch, observer,
Gefr Max Berger, radio operator,
Gefr Albert Ruf, air gunner.