Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse in the evening of September 18 on an operation to Soest. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in a field located near the village of Zieuwent. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Ernest Eldridge, pilot,
S/Lt Peter Owen Williams,
Sgt Norman Coater Crowley, pilot,
Sgt Frank Crawford, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Raymond Carter Dawson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse on an operation to Antwerp. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea while approaching the Belgian coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Walter Morrison Douglas, pilot,
Sgt John Baugley,
P/O Ronald Percy Brayne,
Sgt Dennis Victor Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt John Alan Raper.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2010LT on an operation to Hamm. Over the Netherlands, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Groenlo. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Alfred Ellis Crossland, pilot,
P/O Eric Ford, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frederick Marshall, observer,
Sgt Douglas William Austen, air gunner,
Sgt Robert Edward Salisbury, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1938LT on an operation to Antwerp. While outbound, the starboard engine failed and the bomber was ditched in the sea some 20 miles off Spurn Head at 2100LT. All five crew members took place in a dinghy and were rescued at 0030LT by a trawler.
Crew:
S/L Kenneth Francis Ferguson RAF, pilot,
Sgt Charles Stanley Rogers, pilot,
Sgt Walter Fraser, observer,
Sgt Ernest Cummings, wireless operator,
Sgt Mark Niman, air gunner.

On approach to the British coast, the right engine failed. As the captain was unable to maintain a safe altitude, he decided to ditch the aircraft some 20 miles off Easington. All five crew members were rescued while the aircraft sunk and was lost.
Crew (10th Squadron):
S/L Kenneth Francis Ferguson, pilot,
Sgt Charles Stanley Rogers, pilot,
Sgt Walter Fraser, observer,
Sgt Ernest Cummings, wireless operator,
Sgt Mark Niman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth to bomb oil storage facilities in the area of Vlissingen. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clarence Sydney Robson,
Sgt Luke James Furze,
Sgt John Cresswell Greig,
Sgt Ronald Macaulay Heyworth,
Sgt James Kelly.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse on an operation to Bremen. While cruising over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All five crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Horace Jack Agnew,
Sgt George Bryan Clarke,
Sgt James Alexander Graham Deans,
Sgt Francis Anthony Hill,
Sgt Henry Parkes.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2325LT on September 10 on an operation to Bremen. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Kiel. All five occupants became PoW.
Crew:
P/O T. H. Hadley,
P/O J. E. Thompson,
Sgt K. D. Hall,
Sgt W. Hughes,
Sgt W. J. Bull.

The crew was returning to RAF Leeming following a reconnaissance mission. After landing, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with military houses. All five crew evacuated safely while three people on the ground were killed.
Crew (77th Squadron):
P/O Peter Ernest Eldridge, pilot,
S/Lt Peter Owen Williams, pilot,
Sgt Victor Charles Cowley, observer,
Sgt Frank Crawford, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Carter Dawson, air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
AC2 Arthur Bunclark Annis,
AC2 Henry Baird,
LAC Harold Hemsley.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1945LT on September 9 on an operation to Berlin. After being damaged by the German Flak, it was ditched in the North Sea about 120 miles east of of the Firth of Fourth. A crew drowned and all four other occupants were rescued from their dinghy by a naval launch.
Crew:
Sgt William Gordon McAlister, †
P/O Millson,
Sgt H. C. G. Brook,
Sgt E. A. Young,
P/O D. Careless.