Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The crew departed RAF Netheravon to drop leaflets over Roubaix. It is believed that the airplane crashed near Abbeville. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clifford Wood, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Graham George Hobson, flight engineer,
F/O D'arcy Clive Melville Ducker, radio operator,
F/O William Archibald Hinselwood, observer,
F/Sgt Douglas Lambert Grant, air gunner.

For unknown reasons, the airplane crash landed in Cabo Peñas, some 20 km northwest of Gijón, and was damaged beyond repair. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Frederick Leonard Perrers, pilot,
Sgt John Clapperton, navigator,
Sgt John Freebairn White, navigator,
Sgt Frederick Colin Crowe, air gunner,
Sgt R. B. Newton,
Sgt W. Walpole.

The airplane departed RAF Honeybourne at 1824LT to drop leaflets in the vicinity of Orleans. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Senonches. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Frederick Paul Saunders, pilot,
P/O Norman Frank Sibley, navigator,
P/O John Pugh Cranstoun, navigator,
Sgt Bertram Kenneth Trubshaw, wireless operator,
Sgt James Henry Carter, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2210LT on November 22 on a Special Operation Executive (Operation Periwig 3 and Printo) to an airfield located in Belgium. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gordon Llewelyn Harrison, pilot,
F/Sgt John Alistair Hey, pilot,
Sgt Richard William Andrews, navigator,
Sgt Herbert Metcalf, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Raphael Kenzie, air gunner,
Sgt Harry Moxon, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on an anti-submarine patrol mission over the Atlantic Ocean. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and diverted to RAF Carew Cheriton where it crashed on final approach. The pilot was killed and five other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Arthur Tidman, pilot, †
F/O Dennis McHarrie, navigator,
Sgt J. Wilson, bomb aimer,
Sgt D. L. Crossley, wireless operator,
Sgt D. M. Shyba, air gunner,
Sgt M. D. Woods, air gunner.

The crew was performing a transit flight from Gibraltar to RAF Tempsford. Persistent engine problems forced the crew to turn back from a position off Cape Finistère and at 0915LT, the airplane force landed near Armação de Pêra, 40 km northwest of Faro. All four crew members were interned until 17 January 1943. The airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane was engaged in an air rescue operation, searching for a missing Wellington registered HX776. While cruising at an altitude of 1,800 feet in clouds, it impacted the slope of Mt Nakkur located on Hestur Island, some 9 km southwest of Tórshavn. Five crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Robert Best, pilot, †
F/O Harold John George Haeusler, pilot, †
Sgt Geoffrey Philip Turner, navigator, †
F/Sgt Oliver Geoffrey Davies, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Williamson, wireless operator, †
Sgt H. M. Williams, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford on a Special Operation Executive to France. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O John Edward Turnham, pilot,
W/O Jack Robert O'Leary, pilot,
F/O Laurence Wheatley, navigator,
Sgt Falconer Morrison, wireless operator,
Sgt Arnold Hallewell, air gunner,
Sgt Sydney White, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a maritime patrol flight over the Bay of Biscay. Passing over Brittany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Taulé, northwest of Morlaix. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Ferries Raffan, pilot,
P/O Malcolm Graeme Grant, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Cheetham, navigator,
Sgt Edward Marsden, navigator,
Sgt James David Maxwell, radio operator,
Sgt Gilbert Charles James Heywood, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2013LT on October 22 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) called Spruce 2, which involved a flight over the French territory. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was ditched in The Channel off Eastbourne. All five crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
P/O G. F. B. Newport-Tinley, pilot +4.