East Yorkshire

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1720LT for a Bulls Eye exercise, testing the defenses of Leeds and Sheffield and other towns. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the North Sea some 35 km east of Flamborough, at coordinates 54° 05' N 0° 25' E. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Egerton, pilot,
F/O George Leslie Sellars, flight engineer,
Sgt David Dorn,
W/O Donald Lorne Hogben,
Sgt Joseph Davison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1636LT on an operation to Torino. En route, the crew decided to return to base following a fire in the port inner engine. Approaching the coast, the pilot ditched the airplane in the Filey Bay off Bempton. All seven crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O M. P. Watson, pilot,
Sgt R. G. Head,
Sgt G. E. Coleman,
Sgt L. McKinnon,
Sgt G. P. Bailey,
Sgt T. R. Galbraith,
Sgt W. Bamford, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Rufforth at 1725LT on November 7 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was ditched in the Humber River. Three crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew.
P/O D. Beveridge, pilot,
F/Sgt Mark Francis Carlin, †
Sgt Mathias Aaron Goldstein, †
Sgt A. E. F. Wheeler,
Sgt D. G. Culver,
Sgt L. Purchase,
F/Sgt Robert White Stockton, air gunner. †

The crew departed RAF Driffield on a local training exercise. Almost immediately after takeoff, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
W/O John Joseph William Forster, pilot,
Sgt Hedley Walter Carter, observer,
Sgt Francis John Faye, observer.

The airplane crashed almost immediately after takeoff from RAF Pocklington while on a ferry flight. There were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt C. J. Ketchell +1.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1830LT on October 13 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, it suffered a power loss on one engine. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in an open field located 1,5 km south of Beeford. All six crew members were rescued, among them three were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. S. Clinton, pilot,
Sgt J. A. Delorme,
Sgt A. G. Rowe,
Sgt J. R. Latremouille,
Sgt T. O. Copeland,
Sgt S. Cuthbert, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1825LT on an operation to Kiel. It returned early with serious radio problems and lacking power from the starboard inner engine. It overshot the runway then stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. L. Hartshorn, pilot,
Sgt J. A. T. Simpson,
Sgt A. M. Conner,
Sgt L. Neil,
F/Sgt O. W. Forland,
Sgt K. White,
F/Sgt J. B. Bell.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1734LT to lay mines in the Hawthorne area. In the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Langtoft. Two crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt K. R. W. Simmonds, pilot,
Sgt K. Bowes, navigator,
F/Sgt John Percy Standfast, bomb aimer, †
Sgt G. W. Fisher, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Walter Yapp, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2041LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it crashed upon landing and collided with a parked Halifax registered W1239. Both airplanes were wrecked and there were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt J. B. Robinson,
Sgt M. W. Lofthouse,
Sgt R. Laughton,
Sgt L. C. Fantani,
Sgt H. Johnson,
F/Sgt C. M. Bowring,
Sgt E. K. Holmes,
F/O P. Smiddy.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0010LT on a local night training exercise. After landing 10 minutes later, the airplane started to veer to the right. The pilot-in-command over-corrected the swing, causing the airplane to veer sharply to the left. It ground looped, lost its undercarriage and came to rest. There were no casualties.