Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1740LT on October 14 to bomb a synthetic oil plant located in Stettin (Szczecin), Poland. While returning to base the following morning, the pilot-in-command made a sharp turn on approach when the airplane collided with trees and crashed few dozen yards short of runway. A crew member was killed and four others were injured.
Crew (77th Squadron):
S/L George Roderick Hartwell Black, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Edward Coogan, pilot,
Sgt P. Boddington, observer,
Sgt G. J. Garwood, wireless operator,
Sgt J. W. Woodroffe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1731LT on an operation to Le Havre. While returning in the evening, it collided with a balloon barrage cable and crashed near Weybridge. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Cooney, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Raymond Wright, pilot,
Sgt James John Caswell, observer,
Sgt Edward Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Bart Llewellyn Henry, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe in the evening of October 8 on an operation to Hanau, east of Frankfurt. The following night, while returning to his base, the crew encountered poor visibility. Too low on approach, the airplane collided with trees and crashed in Snape, some 15 km northwest of RAF Topcliffe. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (77th Squadron):
Sgt George William Brown, pilot,
Mid David Arthur Charles Hadingham, pilot,
Sgt William Goodall MacMorland, observer,
Sgt Joseph Reginald Wardman, wireless operator,
Sgt Cleveland Cottham, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1825LT on October 7 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Following a successful attack, the crew returned to his base but reported problems with the left engine. On final approach to RAF Bircham Newton, the airplane crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Arnold Hadley, pilot,
Sgt Charles Austin Wright, pilot,
P/O Richard Arthur Phillips, observer,
Sgt George Edgar Hall, wireless operator,
Sgt James Munro Ramsay.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2110LT on October 2 on an operation to Frankfurt an der Oder. It is believe that it was shot down by enemy fire while approaching the target. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Paul Spencer Dally, pilot,
F/O William Charles Espley, pilot,
Sgt Ian Alexander Zamek, observer,
Sgt Alfred Jack Cheesman, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alan Ernest Chetter, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1906LT on October 1st for an attack on synthetic oil installations in the Holten district. At 0130LT, while returning to its base, the airplane went out of control and crashed in an open field located in Hummelo. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Neville Halsey Andrew, pilot,
P/O Harry Wright Morgan, pilot,
Sgt George Enos Matson, observer,
Sgt Philip Hall Richmond, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Roscoe, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1800LT On September 30 to bomb the Air Ministry building in the Leipzigstrasse in Berlin. On return, while flying over England at night, the crew sent a series of distress calls and descended to the Irish Sea where the airplane was ditched at 0640LT. Late in the evening of October 1st, all five crew members were rescued by a trawler with various injuries.
Crew:
F/O L. D. Wood,
P/O K. Humby,
Sgt C. Douglas-Browne,
Sgt E. R. Mounsey,
Sgt R. M. Thomas.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1804LT on an operation to Berlin. In the late evening, it was intercepted by searchlights then shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Badbergen. Both pilots were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Geoffrey Lucien Ismay, pilot, †
Sgt Victor Snell, pilot, †
Sgt William Dennis Chamberlain,
Sgt Robert Edward Nicholson,
Sgt Alexander Strachan Shand.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse on a raid over Berlin. Shortly after liftoff, while climbing, it stalled and crashed 800 metres past the runway end, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew (58th Squadron):
Sgt Herbert Cornish, pilot, †
F/O Arnold Irwin Watterson, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie Hambleton Taylor, observer, †
Sgt R. Fowlie, wireless operator,
Sgt John William Chamberlain, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse in the evening of September 23 on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and was later ditched in the North Sea, at 0550LT, some 80 miles from the East coast. Two crew members were rescued and three others were killed. Few hours later, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
P/O Andrew Woodrow Dunn, †
Sgt Dudley Brooking Allen, †
Sgt Derek Albert Gibbons, †
Sgt Bernard Leonard Savill, †
Sgt G. H. Riley.