Aberdeenshire

The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a training exercise. In unknown circumstances, it impacted the slope of a mountain located near Braemar. The wreckage was found three days later in a snow covered hilly terrain. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O James Williamson Thomson, pilot,
Sgt Robert James Jackson, pilot,
Sgt Michael Henry John Kilburn, pilot,
F/Sgt Harry Joseph Kelley, observer,
Sgt Beaumont Churchill Dickson,
Sgt Roy Alistair Milliken,
Sgt John Bernard Riley, wireless operator,
Sgt William Morphet Greenbank, air gunner.

The pilot departed Wick Airport on a transit flight to Aberdeen. On final approach to Dyce Airport, he encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. The airplane descended too low until it impacted a stony wall and crashed about five miles north of the airport. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot died the following morning from injuries sustained.
Crew:
P/O John George Dunlop, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2150LT on September 6 to lay mines off Oslo. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and crashed 8 miles southwest of Banff. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. J. Robinson,
Sgt H. L. Sanderson,
Sgt J. C. Price,
Sgt W. Mossop.

The airplane was completing a maritime patrol flight along the east coast of Scotland when it flew into high ground west of Stonehaven. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Hermann Zeitsch, pilot,
Uffz Karl Löffler, radio operator,
Lt Walter Both, observer,
Uffz Werner Drexhage, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth on a local training mission with three crew members on board. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the sea some 2,5 miles north of RAF Fraserburgh, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Eric William Ashwood,
Sgt William Roy Meaker,
Sgt Philip Richard Sutton.

The crew was completing a ferry flight to Aberdeen. While approaching Dyce Airport from the sea, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea off Collieston. A crew was found alive while three other occupants were never found.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Mitchell Cutting, †
Sgt Thomas Arnold Edwards, †
Sgt Andrew Chalmers White, †
Sgt M. Frost.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1658LT on October 28 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea, about 20 miles east of Aberdeen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Joseph Abrahams,
F/L Richard Antony Barnwell,
Sgt Harry Edward Danks,
Sgt Thomas Henry Pegram,
Sgt Maurice Rose.

The crew departed RAF Lossiemouth on a navigation exercise, passing over Brechin, Kinnaird Head, Inverness then back to Lossiemouth. While cruising in limited visibility due to the night and thick clouds, the captain failed to realize his altitude was insufficient. The bomber impacted the slope of a mountain located in Bruach Mohr, some 5 miles northwest of Braemar. Two crew members were killed and five other occupants were injured.
Crew (20th OTU):
P/O Herbert Martin Coombs, pilot, †
P/O Douglas Veale Gilmour, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Winchcombe Bordycott, navigator,
Sgt Frank Hutson, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Alfred Wilson Milroy,
Sgt George Ronald Lyon,
Sgt John Adam Sparks, air gunner.

Crashed upon landing at Aberdeen-Dyce Airport while completing a local training flight. There were no injuries.

The aircraft departed RAF Kinloss on a flight from RAF Kinloss to RAF Driffield. While cruising some 6 miles southeast of Huntly, the aircraft impacted the slope of Mt Foudland. Three crewmen were killed and five others were injured. Two survivors died from injuries sustained, one on May 6, the second on May 25, 1940.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
F/O Kenneth Neil Gray, pilot, †
Sgt John Hamilton Hopper, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick John Bass, observer, †
AC1 Alfred William Henry Hart, wireless operator, †
AC1 Harold Buttery, †
AC1 J. A. Hewitt,
AC2 George Main,
AC1 Fred Wallwork.