Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The aircraft departed RAF Leeming at 0006LT on an operation over Ostend, Belgium. On the return leg, while on a night approach, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance available due to the failure of the hydraulic system. It overran, collided with a fence and came to rest on the Great North Road, bursting into flames. The Captain was slightly injured.
Crew (10th Squadron):
P/O J. C. Cairns, pilot,
Sgt V. Snell, pilot,
P/O F. R. Goddard, observer,
Sgt R. E. Nicholson, wireless operator,
Sgt A. S. Shand, air gunner.

The airplane took off at 2350LT on September 7 to reconnoitre the French and Belgian coastline. 51 Squadron ORB indicates an engine failed while the crew were outbound and despite jettisoning the bomb-load, the pilot was unable to maintain height and subsequently a crash landing was made at 0100LT near Wells, Norfolk. A reliable private source reports that the incident occurred at 0350LT at Hindringham, 4 miles southeast of Wells-next-the-Sea, suggesting the possibility that the crew may have been on the return part of their operation.
Crew:
S/L J. B. Tait,
P/O A. G. Davies,
Sgt T. Gray,
Sgt A. E. Creswell,
Sgt Short.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2033LT on September 6 to bomb the Salzhot Oil Depot in Berlin. Last heard on w/t at 0440 by which time the crew had flown as far as 0340E. Despite an extensive air and sea search, no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found. It is possible that it crashed into the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Dennis Joseph Arthur Stevens,
F/O Roy Haydn Thomas,
Sgt Ronald Hilton,
Sgt Brian Walter Neville,
Sgt Harold Victor Seed.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1950LT on September 4 to bomb the Charlottenburg Power Station in Berlin. It ditched around midnight off the Texel Island. Four crew members were rescued and became PoW while a fifth occupant drowned.
Crew:
Sgt Maurice Herbert Jones, †
Sgt Victor Bernard Housego,
Sgt Marmaduke Johnson,
Sgt High Maylin,
P/O James Mortimer Taylor.

The aircraft departed RAF Leeming at 2026LT on September 3 on a bombing mission over Berlin. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran low on fuel and crash landed, undercarriage still retracted, in a small field located at Hall Farm, in Nether Silton, North Yorkshire. All five crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (10th Squadron):
F/Lt Dennis Brendon Geoffrey Tomlinson, pilot,
P/O Kenneth Douglas Brant, pilot,
Sgt Wilfred Campbell "Sammy" Walters, observer,
Sgt Patrick Joseph Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Angus J. McIntosh, air gunner.
Source and photos:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/40/p4967.html

The crew was engaged in a local training exercice out from RAF Dishforth. For unknown reasons, the airplane failed to become airborne and ran through the perimeter fence, losing its tail and coming to rest in a field bordering the Great North Road. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. E. Tilston,
Sgt H. Gregson,
Sgt J. P. Wilson,
Sgt N. Atkin.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the sea off Margate, Kent. All four crew members came ashore in their dinghy.
Crew:
S/L J. S. Bartlett,
Sgt F. M. Kerr,
Sgt Coubrough,
Sgt M. C. Caryll de Tilkin.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1950LT on September 2 on a raid over Genova. The following morning, while returning to its base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched into the North Sea some 15 miles off Harwich, Essex. The crew took to their dinghy and while drifting off Aldeburgh, Suffolk, were rescued by HMS Pintail.
Crew:
P/O P. C. Elliott,
F/Sgt D. Moore,
Sgt M. R. Harvey,
Sgt J. F. Craig,
Sgt R. E. Connor.

The aircraft departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1945LT on August 30 on a bombing mission over Berlin. While returning to its base the following morning, the aircraft ran out of fuel. The captain ditched the airplane few km off Hornsea. A crew member was killed while all four other occupants were rescued.
Crew (58th Squadron):
P/O Neville Oxynham Clements, pilot,
P/O Ronald Arnold Hadley, pilot,
Sgt Ian Alexander Zamek, observer,
P/O R. F. Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Matthew Hill, air gunner. †

The crew was performing a night training flight over the Isle of Man. While returning to his base at RAF Driffield, the crew failed to realize he was flying too low. The aircraft impacted the slope of a hill at Hayhills Farm, near Silsden, and was destroyed. Four crewmen were killed and a fifth occupant was seriously injured.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
Sgt Norman Kelvin Bott, pilot, †
P/O Alexander William Fletcher, pilot, †
Sgt Charles William Cavey Fleming Harrison, observer, †
Sgt Alan Steel, wireless operator, †
Sgt Len G. Smalley, air gunner.