Vickers 416 Wellington IC

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1724LT on November 14 to bomb the Schlesiger Station in Berlin. While returning to base the following night, the bomber was hit by enemy fire while cruising over Bremen. The crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed into the IJssel Lake off Enkhuizen. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew (9th Squadron):
S/L Stanley Ggraham Pritchard,
P/O Percy Ainsworth Ward Thomas,
Sgt Harold Newall,
Sgt Alfred Hunt,
Sgt Ronald Francis Akerman,
P/O Roye Vincent Derbyshire.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1850LT in the evening of November 14 on an operation to Berlin. It was hit by the German Flak before reaching the target area and the crew decided to return to base. The airplane finally ditched in the North Sea. Five crew members were rescued while Sgt Edgar Albert Dean drowned.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Albert Dean, †
Sgt H. T. Morson,
Sgt F. Bury,
Sgt D. H. H. Cleverley,
Sgt R. G. Iles,
Sgt J. Marshall.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 13 on an operation over Germany. While returning to base at night, it ran out of fuel and crashed near Hampton. The crew abandoned the aircraft and was rescued. Two crew were slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt S. R. Andrews,
Sgt W. R. A. Dick,
Sgt F. Swatton,
Sgt J. A. Bowler,
Sgt R. W. Powell,
Sgt A. McNab.

The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Newton. For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed upon landing at 1940LT and was totally destroyed 25 minutes later when a second Wellington registered N2998 crashed upon landing and ran into the wreckage. There were no casualties.
Crew:
Sgt C. H. Muggeridge +5.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 8 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to his base the following night, the crew ditched the airplane off Hastings. A crew was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. N. Goodall,
Sgt E. A. Fletcher,
F/O A. W. Belbin,
Sgt A. N. Goodall,
Sgt L. Mitchell,
Sgt W. Allmark.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1931LT on November 7 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it clipped a line of trees and crashed. The pilot initiated a go around procedure when the airplane slid through a hedge and came to rest, bursting into flames. All six crew members were slightly injured.
Crew:
P/O P. E. Berry +5.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket in the evening of November 6 on an operation to The Ruhr. While returning to its base at night, the airplane was shot down and crashed into the sea some 150 yards off Felixstowe. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/L Ronald Watcyn Jones, pilot,
F/O Alwyn Oswald Laurence Stevens, pilot,
Sgt Cornelius Daniel McColgan Canning, observer,
Sgt Herbert Charles Westley, wireless operator,
P/O Maurice Lowden Gauntlett, air gunner,
Sgt James Fraser.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 1750LT on an operation to Hamburg. While approaching the base in the evening, another Wellington cut across the flight-path of T2470, causing the pilot to lose control of the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed one mile east of the airbase. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Gilbert Ernest Turner, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Allan Wormald, pilot,
Sgt Charles McCulloch, observer,
Sgt Andrew William Hay, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Henry Sansum, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Kenny.

En route to Malta, the airplane collided with a balloon barrage cable and crashed in Iver. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alexander John Roberts Pate, pilot,
Sgt Walter Vincent Jaggs, pilot,
Sgt William Ernest Elliott, observer,
Sgt Edward Fisher, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Raymond Draper, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket on the evening of October 29 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in hilly terrain in Otterburn. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
P/O Eric Stewart Isaacson Hallows,
Sgt L. S. Hills,
F/L K. T. A. Harvey,
Sgt Fortier,
P/O Womack,
Sgt Peach.