Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2049LT on September 11 on an operation to Warnemünde. While returning to base the following morning, it was abandoned by the crew and crashed near the Majestic Hotel at Harrogate. All five crew members bailed out and were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O G. Lambert,
Sgt Cooper,
Sgt Mott,
Sgt Thompson,
Sgt Cairns.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2051LT on September 11 on an operation to Warnemünde. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ran out of fuel and ditched some two miles off Flamborough. All five crew members were rescued about an hour later.
Crew:
P/O A. E. Hacking, pilot,
Sgt Mackenzie,
Sgt Turner,
Sgt Davidson,
Sgt McBride.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2053LT on September 11 on an operation to Warnemünde. It was ditched into the sea off Vordingborg, Denmark. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt F. E. Bowen,
Sgt Colin Robert Dillon Browne,
Sgt Alexander Albert John Goss,
Sgt Jack Overson,
P/O Robert Taylor Charles Oliver White.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2047LT on September 11 on an operation to Warnemünde. Last heard on w/t indicating the crew were preparing to ditch some 80 miles off the east coast. No trace of the crew nor the airplane was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Louis Fitsell,
P/O John Charles Greenfield,
Sgt Kenneth Albert Irwin,
Sgt Joseph Nightingale,
P/O Robert Peter Purvis.

The crew was completing a local night training exercise at RAF Topcliffe. On final approach, the airplane stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Joseph Damien Reardon, pilot,
Sgt Harold Edwin Moore, pilot,
F/Sgt John Walter Ronald Griffiths, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2003LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, the pilot was forced to initiate a go around procedure for unknown reasons. During the second attempt to land, the bomber stalled and crashed. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured. One of the survivor died soon afterwards from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt John Alfred Reynolds, pilot, †
P/O Leslie Charles Ross Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt Alexander Anthony Jessup, observer, †
Sgt Albert Edward Barrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt E. C. Duce.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2014LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Neuenkirchen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Wood, pilot,
Sgt Henry Anthony Perks, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Hunter Smyth, observer,
Sgt Eric Kenneth Cartledge, wireless operator,
F/O Alan Gerard Inderwick, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2017LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Berlin. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Mcintosh Newton, †
Sgt Bernard John Kemp,
Sgt L. E. Proctor,
P/O Francis Richard Wilbraham,
Sgt J. .B Ford.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2007LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was hit by the German Flak and damaged so severely that the crew elected to make for neutral Sweden, rather than risk trying to return to base. Subsequently, the bomber was abandoned by the crew and crashed in Marieberg, south of Malmö. All five crew members were rescued and interned.
Crew:
P/O B. D. C. Gibson,
Sgt F. B. R. Wilson,
Sgt P. E. Willson,
Sgt D. R. Morgan,
Sgt A. Troughton.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2009LT on September on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Oranienburg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt John Patrick Wood, pilot,
Sgt Howard Bevan Clark, pilot,
Sgt Dudley Cecil Bass, observer,
Sgt Jesse Taylor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Shaw Bolton Younger, air gunner.