North Sea

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Hamburg and crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Barney Walker Shelnut,
Sgt Harold Bell,
Sgt Stanley James Geddes Isherwood,
Sgt Desmond Joseph Pyman,
P/O Edward Millen Sangster,
Sgt Harold Arthur Dagwell Stanley.

The airplane departed RAF Attlebridge at 1410LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Whybrow Andrews,
P/O Arthur Edward Day,
P/O Jack Rollinson.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1809LT on an operation to Frankfurt. It was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur John Page, pilot,
F/Lt Gordon Frederick Bundey, pilot,
F/Sgt John Robert France,
Sgt Alfred Charles Hayter,
Sgt William Frank Whittington Lewis,
Sgt Donald Roy Thompson.

The floatplane departed RAF Sullom Voe on a maritime patrol flight along the Norwegian coast and Tromsø. The airplane failed to return from operation and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
W/Cdr Richard Gustav Briese, pilot,
F/O Carson Carysfort Proby, pilot,
AC1 Arthur Harry Agus,
AC1 Thomas Harvey Atkin,
Sgt Robert Edward Austin,
AC2 William Benson,
Sgt Leonard Joseph Harris,
P/O Walker Julius Hoover,
Sgt Kenwyn Charles Lawry,
F/Sgt William Howe Martin.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1830LT to bomb a railway near Bremen. While returning to base the following night, the crew reported technical issues with the wireless equipment. The airplane was lost without trace and is believed to have crash somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew (97th Squadron):
P/O William Gershon Noble, pilot,
F/Sgt Lester Louis Harrison, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Francis George Redwood, observer,
Sgt Nigel Frederick Hunt, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Charles Ceasar Kolar, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O Lionel Abel John Mills, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Muirhead Colin Worthington, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1822LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Edwards Parker, pilot,
Sgt James Forrest,
F/Sgt John Frederick Gauley, observer,
F/Sgt Edwin Leslie Phillips,
Sgt Leonard Walter Shearing, wireless operator,
Sgt Bryan Robert Thomas, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1835LT on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O William Hayward Budd, pilot,
Sgt Michael Joseph Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Edward Austin,
P/O Donald Schafheitlin.

The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 1843LT on an operation to Bremen. It was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Butt Allport,
Sgt Harry Edward Dance,
Sgt Lindsay Gordon Faunt,
Sgt Philip Kay,
Sgt John Anthony McDonough,
Sgt Robert Pinkerton.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crash somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Sidney Furley, pilot,
P/O William Laidlaw, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Ralph James, wireless operator,
Sgt William Arthur Saunders, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1910LT on an operation to Dunkirk. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Tadeusz Lang, air gunner,
Sgt S. Hildebrandt,
F/O M. Kosowski,
F/O A. Bryk,
Sgt J. Hejnowski,
F/O J. Lucki.