Vickers 416 Wellington IC

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1905LT on September 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crash landed on a sand bank in Spurn Head. All six crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Dickenson +5.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1931LT on September 20 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching Münster, it was severely damaged by the German Flak but was able to leave the combat area and to return to Manston. It crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. A crew member was injured.
Crew:
P/O Barnard,
Sgt Avent,
Sgt Emmerson,
Sgt Harvey,
Sgt Kitney,
Sgt Nash.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1902LT on September 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, the pilot attempted an emergency landing in fog when the airplane crashed near Holbeach. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt George Kenneth Proctor, pilot, †
Sgt Anthony Hughenden Rex, pilot, †
P/O Alan Geoffrey Stanes, observer, †
Sgt Ernest George Birch Lennon, wireless operator, †
Sgt Eric George Paul, wireless operator, †
Sgt T. Bennett.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1935LT on September 20 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched into the sea off Flamborough following a fire in the starboard engine and a loss of power on the port engine. Five crew members were rescued while a sixth was killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Hillhouse Sherriff, †
Sgt J. C. McGeagh,
Sgt C. G. Freeman,
Sgt J. J. O. Pyne,
Sgt E. E. Hartland,
Sgt S. H. Dunn.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1912LT on an operation to Ostend. While returning to base and flying low, it impacted trees and crashed in Preston Deanery, in the east outskirt of Northampton. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt William Robert Dil, pilot, †
P/O David Ivor Evans, pilot, †
P/O William Rand Lugar, observer, †
F/Sgt David Gifford Chattell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frank Denis Rogers, wireless operator, †
Sgt Rawbathan.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1910LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Ambt Delden. Two crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L John Anthony Ingram, pilot,
F/O Thomas Wardhaugh, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Alfred Frederick Thomas, †
Sgt Norman Clyde,
Sgt William David King,
Sgt John Gordon Wright.

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1936LT on an operation to Berlin. Just after passing the German border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Gildehaus. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ian Murchie, pilot,
Sgt German Francis Findlay, pilot,
Sgt Desmond Blake, observer,
Sgt David Preston Hawkes, wireless operator,
P/O Andrew Gordon Milne, air gunner,
Sgt James Bulman Bell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Karlsruhe. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Holsthum, on the River Prüm. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Bennett Megarry Smyth, pilot, †
P/O Kenneth Edward Algar Savage, observer, †
Sgt Howard Clive Mcliesh Haselden, wireless operator, †
Sgt Jeffrey Walter Reid,
Sgt W. J. Smith,
Sgt A. H. Heard.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1950LT on September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning from operation the following night, it diverted to RAF Marham where it crashed on approach. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur John Witherington, pilot, †
Sgt Kenneth William Charlton Clark, wireless operator, †
Sgt G. H. Morgan,
Sgt E. I. Grego,
Sgt Cobley,
Sgt Hudson.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Barsbüttel, east of Hamburg. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Henry Ryder Hawkins, pilot, †
P/O Hugh Maclachlan Aitrchison, observer, †
Sgt John Gifford Foulkes, wireless operator, †
Sgt Derek Richard Fawcett, air gunner, †
W/O Robert Boswell Blakeway,
Sgt W. E. Mullins.