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The airplane departed RAF Alconbury at 2010LT on September 2 on an operation to Ostend. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons into the sea some 10 miles off the port of Harwich. Two crew members were killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Arthr Robert Fitch, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Robertson, wireless operator, †
Sgt T. Stabler,
Sgt A. C. S. Delgado,
Sgt W. V. Parslow,
P/O A. Kinniburgh.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2040LT on August 31 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed for unknown reasons into the sea some 25 miles east of Harwich. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stafford Arthur Harvey,
Sgt Richard Kellett Hayes,
F/Sgt John Ernest Phillips,
Sgt Harold Alvan Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2105LT on August 29 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was damaged by enemy fire over the target area but the crew was able to evacuate the zone and to return to England. On approach to the British coast, the plane crashed into the sea some two miles off Brightlingsea. The pilot was killed and four others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Archibald Peter Anthony MacKenzie, pilot, †
P/O F. Ivins,
Sgt P. Kingsford-Smith,
Sgt A. H. Fuce,
Sgt D. Mole.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2017LT on August 24 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was abandoned, on fire, and crashed near Mistley, on the south bank of the Stour River. The pilot was killed and four other crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Alexander Sinclair, pilot, †
P/O Fransden,
Sgt Becker,
Sgt Young,
Sgt Gale.

The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England and crashed in unknown circumstances near Wivenhoe. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Lothar Bisang, pilot,
Gefr Werner Ulbricht, radio operator,
Gefr Fritz Rosenstock, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on July 4 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning, the crew called several times for help before the aircraft crashed in the Thames Estuary. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Francis Wadeson, pilot,
P/O George Frederick Edward Greenhalgh, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Aubrey Gilbert, wireless operator,
Sgt Gerald George Hutson, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1117LT to bomb Hazebrouck marshalling yards (Operation 'Circus 22') and crashed while landing at Southend Airfield. All three crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt L. J. Richards,
Sgt Oderbolz,
Sgt Field.

The airplane departed RAF Syerston in the evening of June 24 on an operation to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak, which caused damage to the port engine. The crew was able to evacuate the area but while approaching the British coast, the order to bail out was given. Two crew bailed out and were rescued while four others drowned after the airplane crashed into the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea.
Crew:
S/L Kazimierz Maciej Kielich, †
Sgt Waclaw Januszkiewicz, †
Sgt Zbigniew Lewoniec, †
Sgt S. Witczac, †
P/O A. Idzikowskiz,
Sgt T. J. Frankowski.

The crew departed RAF Hunsdon at 2355LT on June 14 on a maritime patrol flight. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into The Thames, maybe off Southend-on-Sea. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Colquhoun Edmonds Berkeley,
Sgt Reginald Carr.

The airplane departed Lille Airport to attack the Battersea Power Station. While cruising at night at an altitude of 10,000 feet, before reaching the target area, the bomber was shot down by a British fighter. With the left engine on fire, the entire crew bailed out and became PoW. The airplane disintegrated in the air and later crashed.
Crew:
Lt Otto Krüger, pilot,
Fw Karl Schrey, observer,
Gefr Andreas Lindermayer, radio operator,
Uffz Otto Gauernack, mechanic.