Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1702LT on an operation to Stettin (Szczecin). While cruising off the north German coast, it was shot down by enemy fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and made an emergency landing on Juist Island. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Richard Denny,
P/O Basil Virgil Kirwin,
P/O George Chambers Brown,
Sgt J. E. Everson,
Sgt John William Massie.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1710LT on November 28 on an operation to Stettin (Szczecin). While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and ditched in The Wash, six miles north of King's Lynn. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
P/O D. J. Dunn,
P/O P. Myers,
Sgt T. Gray,
Sgt A. E. Creswell,
Sgt F. Eddowes.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1800LT on November 27 on an operation to Le Havre. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into The Channel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew.
P/O Edward Read Osborn,
Sgt Ralph Collier,
Sgt Walter Livesey,
Sgt Dennis Rowley,
Sgt George Edward West.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1743LT on November 23 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed in a field near Laxfield. All five crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/O P. E. Rees,
Sgt H. J. Dowling,
Sgt Alderton,
Sgt Haynes,
Sgt Davis.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1725LT on November 23 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following night, the aircraft ditched into the sea off the Start Point Lighthouse, Devon. All five crew members were rescued, among them two were injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. P. Clifford-Reade,
P/O F. G. Malim,
Sgt R. G. W. Bristow,
Sgt W. E. Craven,
F/O H. M. Young.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1730LT on November 23 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following night and just after crossing the coast near Portsmouth, the airplane was hit by Allied antiaircraft fire. Due to poor weather conditions, the crew was unable to locate a suitable landing area and subsequently abandoned the airplane that crashed near Elsted. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt D. A. Rix,
P/O D. A. Thomas,
Sgt J. Billington,
Sgt D. Axtell,
Sgt Dr. R. Mourton.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1732LT on an operation to Torino. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and ditched in The Channel off Dover. By an awful misfortune of chance, the dinghy only partially inflated and then drifted away. Meanwhile, a lifeboat had set out to search for survivors and this vessel came across the pilot, still alive, and took him to safety. Tragically, no other survivors could be found.
Crew:
Sgt Franck Albert Parton, †
Sgt Frederick Leslie Moore, †
Sgt John Gray, †
Sgt Vincent Gerald Sullivan, †
P/O D R Bagnall.

The bomber departed RAF Topcliffe at 0212LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances at 0634LT in the North Sea, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
F/O Anthony Marmaduke Langdale Selby,
W/C Samuel Robert Groom,
Sgt Leslie Hogarth,
Sgt Thomas Douglas Elliott,
F/O Edward Denys Stevens.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1730LT to bomb a synthetic oil plant in Ruhland. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Magdeburg. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Ernest Hinton George,
P/O Robin Charles Mordaunt,
Sgt John William Knight,
Sgt Sydney Cawkwell,
Sgt James Wilkinson.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1850LT on November 17 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. While returning to base at night, it encountered severe electric storms and the w/t equipment was rendered unserviceable. Upon landing at RAF Usworth, the airplane went out of control and collided with a building used to store ammunition. Two crew members were injured and three others were unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Ellis Prior, pilot,
P/O R. Keeling, pilot,
Sgt J. Wilson, observer,
Sgt Julian Robert Wanbon, wireless operator,
Sgt Barnes, air gunner.