Northumberland

While on a test flight out from RAF Leeming, the crew encountered poor visibility, got lost and diverted to RAF Acklington. Ready to return to base, the airplane took off but flew into high tension cables, crashed and burst into flames. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O Richard Scott Austin, pilot, †
F/Sgt William Stuart, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Williams Bryant, wireless operator, †
Sgt R. Whitlock, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1921LT on September 2 on an operation to Brest. While returning to base in the late evening, the crew was recalled an instructed to divert to RAF Acklington. On approach in poor weather conditions, the pilot descended too low when the airplane impacted trees and crashed one mile short of runway. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was injured.
Crew:
P/O Andrew Allison Law, pilot, †
F/Sgt Wallace Howard Trewin, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Oliver Steggall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Lawrence Ward, observer, †
P/O Edward Dmitri Comber-Higgs.

The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1217LT on an anti-shipping operation. It collided with the mast of a ship and diverted to RAF Acklington where it crashed while attempting an emergency landing. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Laurence Cash, observer, †
F/Lt D. R. Gibbs,
Sgt S. V. Pascoe.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2145LT on August 17 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched in the sea off Holy Island. All four crew members were rescued by a local patrol boat.
Crew:
Sgt G. S. Linacre,
Sgt J. Harrison,
Sgt W. Hunt,
Sgt R. H. Calder.

The airplane suffered an engine failure upon takeoff and crashed onto a hedge at RAF Acklington. It was damaged beyond repair and the pilot, sole on board, was uninjured. He was performing a delivery flight.

While on an operation to England, the bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Tynemouth. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Hans Vieck, pilot,
Oblt Wilhelm Maschmann, observer,
Uffz Gerhard Emmerich, radio operator,
Uffz Walter Börger, air gunner.

While on an operation to England, the bomber was shot down by a Hurricane and crashed into the sea off Tynemouth. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Ofw Bernhard Winse, pilot, †
Ogefr Heinrich Forstbach, air gunner, †
Oblt Heinrich Börger,
Ogefr Karl Schummer.

The bomber was shot down by the crew of a Defiant and crashed on the St George Park Hospital in Morpeth. All five crew members survived and became PoW.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Rassloff,
Gefr Emmerich Lernbass,
Uffz Karl Simon,
Gefr Walter Schmidt,
Gefr Heinz Quittenbaum.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of May 6 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed in the River Humber off Tynemouth. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt John Hall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alexander Coutts Mee, pilot, †
Sgt David Leo Nola, pilot, †
P/O Clifford Frederick Page, observer, †
Sgt Walter Russell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Craven.

The bomber was shot down by the pilots of two Spitfire and crashed into the sea off Farne Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Johann Heinrich Schaare, pilot,
Lt Hans Werner Jark, observer,
Fw Kurt Pahnke, radio operator,
Uffz Josef Schumacher, air gunner.