North Sea

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1935LT on March 18 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Raymond Brown, pilot,
P/O Gordon Collis,
Sgt Godric Loughlin.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1937LT on an operation to Hamburg. The crew called for assistance at 2353LT then the airplane was lost without trace. Maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David William Arkwright,
Sgt Norman Frank Johnson,
Sgt Donald Arthur Smithies,
Sgt Samuel Wiesley Snoddon,
Sgt Daniel Pryce Williams.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1904LT on an operation to Hamburg. Lost without trace. Maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Cameron,
SGt Robert Little Grainger,
Sgt Robert Duncan Watson,
Sgt Robert Edward Frederic Wunderlich.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1914LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Corbett Beddow,
Sgt Edward Sinclair Cameron Halsall,
Sgt Eric Hughes,
Sgt George Henry Carter,
Sgt Kenneth John Cooper.

The bomber departed RAF Watton at 2040LT on an operation to Rotterdam. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Allen Warcup,
Sgt Andrew Blair Ferguson,
Sgt Thomas Samuel Courtman.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1901LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. The following night, the crew reported a successful mission and was returning to base when the airplane was lost without trace. It is possible that it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James William Quincey,
P/O Mervyn James David,
Sgt Raymond Clark,
Sgt Roy Bradbury,
Sgt Joseph Gerald Earley.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1858LT on February 26 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following morning, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy snow. With failing engines and an unserviceable radio, the captain ordered the crew to bail out. But only two complied before the airplane crashed into the North Sea off the Durham coast. The two crew who bailed out were rescued while three others were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ian Harrington Fenton, †
Sgt John Anderson Patterson, †
Sgt John Bowes, †
Sgt Clarke,
P/O Carter.

The airplane departed Vitry-en-Artois on an operation to England. It was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw H. Michalszik, pilot,
Oblt H. G. Ziegler, observer,
Fw K. Ziegler, radio operator,
Uffz G. Helgert, mechanic,
Uffz H. Menetzke, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 1825LT on February 21 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. Lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ian Stuart Henderson,
Sgt William Pryce Jinks,
Sgt Fred May,
Sgt James Stewart,
Sgt William Holland MacLeod,
Sgt James Patrick Redmond.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Edward Ulric Guerin Solbe, pilot,
P/O Arthur James Falconer,
P/O William Donald Morrison,
P/O Anthony Vincent Muir,
Sgt Harry Thomas Hellier,
Sgt Andrew Moore Brodie, air gunner.