Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe to bomb a synthetic oil plant in Wesseling. While returning to its basae without making an attack, the aircraft was shot by enemy fire and crashed in Deventer. A crew became PoW and four others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Henocq, †
P/O G. M. Wiltshear,
Sgt Albert Ernest George Everest, †
Sgt Herbert Hutchinson, †
Sgt Alexander Duff Wilson. †

The airplane RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2015LT on an operation to Merseburg. Turned back with an unserviceable ASI and crashed upon landing at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O D. U. Lowson,
Sgt K. H. Smith,
Sgt L. Hogarth,
Sgt D. A. R. Tallis,
Sgt D. Whitehead.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1710LT on November 6 on an operation to Hamburg. At 0018LT, the crew was calling for assistance then the contact was lost. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Lionel Bradley Breeze,
Sgt Francis Raymond Elton,
Sgt Granville Graham,
Sgt Reginald Wilfred Prout,
Sgt Edward Arthur Shapland.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1910LT on November 5 on a bombing mission over Milan. While returning to his base on the next morning, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. Due to the lack of visibility and thunderstorm activity, the crew lost his bearings and was unable to fix his exact position. The reduced his altitude and ditched the airplane some 10 miles off Tynemouth. All five crew members were rescued and the aircraft sank.
Crew (77th Squadron):
Sgt D. H. Gilbert, pilot,
P/O Hayden Hugh Miller, pilot,
Sgt Thorpe, observer,
Sgt Hurlston, wireless operator,
Sgt Bingham, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1838LT on November 5 on an operation over Milan. While returning to base the next morning, the crew sent a distress call at 0610LT then the aircraft crashed into the sea. It is believed that it crashed about 10 miles east of the North Foreland but despite extensive search, no trace of the airplane or its crew was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Leonard Jones,
Sgt Edgar George Harding,
Sgt Phillip Trevor Harding Smith,
Sgt Watkin Llewellyn Thomas Walker,
Sgt James Beasley Watt.

The crew was returning to base following an operation to Merseburg. On final approach to RAF Dishforth, the crew encountered strong cross winds and lost control of the aircraft that went out of control and crashed short of runway. The copilot was killed while all four other occupants were injured.
Crew (51st Squadron):
P/O Norman Edward Sharp, pilot,
Sgt John Raymond Brown, copilot, †
Sgt Douglas Henry Crocker, observer,
Sgt A. Britain, wireless operator,
P/O S. Storey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1658LT on October 29 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following night, the airplane flew into a hill located in Knarsdale Common, some 3 miles north of Slaggyford. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all five crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew (10th Squadron):
P/O William Edgar Peers, pilot,
Sgt E. H. Ottaway, pilot,
Sgt George F. Dove, wireless operator,
Sgt H. R. George, observer,
Sgt Minor, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1658LT on October 28 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea, about 20 miles east of Aberdeen. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Joseph Abrahams,
F/L Richard Antony Barnwell,
Sgt Harry Edward Danks,
Sgt Thomas Henry Pegram,
Sgt Maurice Rose.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1727LT on October 25 to bomb a petrochemical factory based in Stettin (Szczecin), Poland. While returning to base at night and passing the German coast, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak. The captain was able to cross the North Sea despite the aircraft was badly damaged. Arriving over England at night, the pilot was unable to pinpoint his position and the crew decided to bail out. The crew landed safely by parachute while the airplane dove into the ground and crashed next to a railway line.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
P/O Jack Simon Gustave Crawford, pilot,
P/O Edward Read Osborn, pilot,
Sgt Walter Livesey, observer,
Sgt George E. West, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt R. Adams, air gunner.

Eight minutes after a night takeoff from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, while climbing, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88. Out of control, it dove into the ground and crashed in Myton-on-Swale, seven km northwest of the airbase. Three crew were killed and two others were seriously injured. Nine days later, on November 2, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
F/O Anthony Glyndwr Davies, pilot,
P/O Thomas Russell Murfitt, pilot, †
Sgt Ian Cowie Scoular, observer, †
Sgt Angus S. Wilson, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O Terence Edward Lee, air gunner. †