Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2225LT on May 8 on an operation to Bremen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Heisfelde, in the north suburb of Leer. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lawrence Thorpe, pilot,
P/O Ronald Walter Wallis-Stolze, pilot,
Sgt Peter James Lewis, observer,
F/Sgt Herbert Eric Bailey, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter William Reynolds Emmett, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2130LT on May 4 on an operation to Brest. The following night, it crashed while attempting to land at RAF Church Fenton. All five crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
F/L S. P. Daniels,
P/O F. J. Joshua,
Sgt Hardie,
Sgt Kemp,
Sgt Mole.

The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2045LT on May 3 on an operation to Cologne. The following morning, while returning to base, the crew encountered technical problems with the wireless system. As the airplane ran out of fuel, all five crew members bailed out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Leominster. All five occupants were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt L. Hatcher,
Sgt Chandos,
Sgt H. B. Buttell,
Sgt T. K. Moodie,
Sgt T. Hall.

The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Abingdon. While passing over the city of Oxford, the airplane suffered an engine failure. It first hi the western bank of the River Cherwell the slid up Linton Road and eventually crashed on a cottage. All three crew members were killed as well as one people on the ground.
Crew:
P/O Charles Nairn Small, pilot,
P/O William Alexander Munro Halley, observer,
Sgt John Alfred Mochan, wireless operator.
The person who wer killed on the ground was Frances Emma Hitchox.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2129LT on an operation to Hamburg. In the late evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Grant Garn, pilot,
P/O John Angus Basham,
Sgt James Finlay Hughes,
Sgt Cyril Hutchinson, wireless operator,
Sgt John Benjamin Seden.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2135LT on April 24 on an operation to Kiel. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Murray Gibson,
P/O Gordon Herbert Kidd,
Sgt Alfred Henry Norris,
F/Sgt Keith Edward Taylor,
F/Sgt John Purdie Wilson.

The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Stanton Harcourt. Following a circuit in the vicinity of the airbase, the crew initiated the approach at night. Upon landing, the airplane bounced and the crew attempted to go around when the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located one mile from the airfield. Two crew members were injured and a third was unhurt.
Crew:
P/O L. S. Davies,
Sgt H. J. Burton,
Sgt P. G. Brothers.

While completing a training mission, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed at Edwinstowe, bursting into flames. All crew members evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Crew:
Sgt P. Singleton +4.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2041LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was hit by the German Flak over Hamburg, which wrecked the port engine. At 0350LT the starboard motor seized and caught fire, followed ten minutes later by a ditching in the North Sea. Late in the evening of April 20, a Hudson sighted the crew in their dinghy and a second Hudson later dropped Lindholme rescue gear in their vicinity. At 2230LT that same evening on very exhausted bomber crew were rescued by an ASR launch some 64 hours after coming down in the sea.
Crew:
P/O A. A. Law,
Sgt A. Whwell,
P/O McNeil,
Sgt Rose,
Sgt Steggall.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2032LT on April 17 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed north of the capital city. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Barrows,
Sgt John Ingram Charlton,
Sgt George Alan Hartley,
F/O Edward Gerald Libbey,
Sgt James John McCurdy.