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The airplane departed RAF Waterbeach at 2047LT on April 20 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed into the sea of Harwich, some 3,000 yards offshore. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Wilfrid Edgar Bowden,
P/O Frank Henry Cook,
Sgt Brinley Morgan Evans,
P/O Rex Mulligan Morrow, observer,
Sgt Maurice Alfred John Savage,
Sgt Frederick George Hindrup, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2150LT on April 20 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was attacked by a German night fighter and crash landed in Stambourne. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Lt R. A. Cruikshank,
Sgt R. S. Havery,
Sgt K. F. Wilson,
Sgt G. W. Smith,
Sgt J. McIntyre,
Sgt S. A. Hives,
Sgt E. Barratt.

Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the aircraft stalled from the tail, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field located in Wimbish, 3 km from the airfield, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed. The crew was performing a flight to RAF Ford to pick up and ferry another Havoc back to RAF Debden.
F/Lt Geoffrey Allard, pilot,
P/O William Henry Hodgson,
P/O Francis Richard Walker-Smith, pilot.

The nose gear collapsed while the aircraft was taxiing at RAF Debden. There were no injuries among the crew and the aircraft was not repaired.

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1814LT on February 11 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, the crew was forced to abandon the airplane for unknown reasons. All six crew members were uninjured while the aircraft dove into the ground and was destroyed.
Crew:
W/C A. C. Evans-Evans,
Sgt Jones,
F/O Gilliat,
P/O S. S. Barnett,
Sgt J. S. C. Sherman,
Sgt E. Keetley.

The airplane was engaged on an operation to England. Approaching the London area by the east, it was shot down by the pilot of a British fighter and crashed into the Thames Estuary off Southend-on-Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Max Petry, pilot,
Gefr Robert Massarsch, observer,
Uffz Herbert Wordelmann, radio operator,
Fw Hermann Bock, flight engineer,
Gefr Eugen Kaiser, air gunner.

Crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all four crew members.

The airplane departed RAF Horsham on an operation to Ostend. It crashed at 2100LT for unknown reasons at Radwinter, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Edward Holland, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Mackintosh Rodgers, observer,
Sgt Herbert Edward Saxby, wireless operator and air gunner.

Took off from RAF Wattisham in the evening of December 9 but failed to gain sufficient height and collided with trees, causing major structural damage to the airframe and resulting in one of the engines falling from its mountings. The bomber was eventually abandoned by the crew at 0330LT and crashed near Dedham. The pilot was killed and two other occupants were unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt John St Clair Robertson, pilot, †
Sgt H. Teeton,
Sgt I. H. Adkins.

The airplane departed RAF Bodney on the evening of December 3 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Southend. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas James McCartney, pilot,
Sgt James Henderson, observer,
Sgt Jack Ratcliffe, wireless operator and air gunner.