Vickers 416 Wellington IC

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of December 4 on an operation to Düsseldorf. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing in a field in Greese. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt R. E. Bush,
P/O Hardie Grosvenor De Forest,
Sgt John Gage,
P/O John Ray Hoppe,
F/O Frank Harvey Vivian,
Sgt Carl Henry Charles Wright.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 0051LT on a ferry flight to Luqa, Malta, carrying a crew of six. Shortly after takeoff, one of the engine failed. The crew elected to return to the base but the flaps failed and altitude could not be maintained. It is believed that the crew was attempting an emergency landing in an open field when the airplane collided with trees and crashed near Poplar Farm, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
S/L B. J. McGinn,
P/O J. A. Parker,
Sgt A. D. Brisbane,
Sgt R. Clarke,
Sgt John Raggenbass, wireless operator, †
Sgt Claude Horace Bain, air gunner. †

The airplane departed Luqa Airport on a mission over the Mediterranean Sea. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the sea. all six crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Craven Goring Hohler,
F/O John Archibald Gray,
Sgt John Charles Cornish,
Sgt Hugh Alphonso Hogger,
Sgt Jack Herbert Jefferies,
Sgt Frederick Eric Valentine Johnson.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 25 on an operation to Kiel. While flying at night, it probably crashed into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew.
P/O Robert George Gordon Malben Marsden,
F/Sgt Frank Swatton,
Sgt James Arthur Bowler,
Sgt William Raltray Allan Dick,
Sgt Alistair MacNab,
Sgt Raymond William Powell.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1700LT on an operation to Berlin. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Edward Robert Matheson Pears,
Sgt Robert Charles Bishop,
Sgt Harold Wignell Brook,
Sgt Stanley Charles Chester,
Sgt Alfred Hyam,
Sgt Albert Edward Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 0049LT on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Glasow, some 20 km southwest of Stettin (Szczecin). All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth John Hide, pilot,
Sgt Goulden Oliver Webster, pilot,
Sgt Norman Eric Vince, observer,
Sgt Anthony John Mitchell, wireless operator,
Sgt Harry Whitworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Hugh William Third, air gunner.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Feltwell. Upon landing, the bomber skidded off runway and collided with a fire-tender. A crew was injured and two others escaped unhurt.
Crew:
AC1 P. McCurrie,
P/O E. Jackson,
LAC B. W. Bussey.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Danilovgrad, Montenegro. All six occupants, five crew members and one journalist, were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Graham Bennett, pilot,
Sgt John Palmer-Samborne, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Bernard Hawksley, observer,
Sgt Frederick Lawrence Savage, wireless operator,
Sgt Goeffrey Green, wireless operator.
Passsenger:
Mr. R. W. Barnes.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1858LT in the evening of November 16 on an operation to Hamburg. Over the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Hausbruch, south of Hamburg. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Cyril Peter Lupton, pilot,
Sgt Denis Duncan English, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Burrows Lindsay, observer,
Sgt Gordon Russell Fryer, wireless operator,
Sgt Jack Harold Potter, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Bernard Guest, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2015LT on November 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base at night and flying over the Netherlands, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German DO.17, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located near Winkel. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (115th Squadron):
Sgt Frederick Albert Core,
Sgt Thomas Walter Gostick,
Sgt Donald Ewart Larkman,
Sgt Malcolm Brian Mott,
Sgt Robert Rodger,
Sgt John Carse Walton.