Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2207LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. In response to a request for a bearing, the necessary information was transmitted at 0642LT, at which time the Whitley was believed to be nearly 100 km north of Borkum and on course for the east coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
P/O James Cecil Alcuin Allchin,
Sgt Vincent Leigh Brown,
Sgt William Charles Clarke,
F/Sgt James Allison Steeves,
Sgt Thomas Henry Thorley.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2231LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the village of Oudemirdum. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John William Bell, pilot,
P/O George Marshall McCombe, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Terence Webb, observer,
Sgt Raymond Boucher, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald Cameron, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2229LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, the airplane suffered an engine failure and was abandoned by the crew who became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Joseph Kelly,
Sgt Alfred Weldon MacMurray,
Sgt Arthur James Robottom,
Sgt John Higgan Telfer,
Sgt Sidney Thomas Wilkins.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2250LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Diekshörn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Douglas Edwin William Brown, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Frederick Gresham, pilot,
Sgt Bernard John Monk, observer,
Sgt Norman Fenton, wireless operator,
Sgt James Henry Atkin, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2227LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rhinow. The pilot was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest Johnston Sargent, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Gerald Sydney Hall Freeman,
Sgt Thomas Hall,
Sgt Thomas Paterson,
Sgt Ernest Wilfred Penn,
P/O John Victor Saunders.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2214LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. It was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Süderoog Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Brown,
Sgt Ronald Owen Bryant,
Sgt Emerson Master Leftly,
Sgt Reginald Charles Matthews,
Sgt William Miller.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1946LT on a Rover patrol of the Ruhr area and with Essen as its objective. It failed to return to base, was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Eric Graham Mounsey, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Claude Carr,
Sgt Alexander Greig Kinnear,
F/Sgt Frederick Maxwell Legere,
P/O Kenneth Beverly McGoun.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2221LT on an operation to Berlin. Flying along the German coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Borkum Island. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Peter George Scott Dickenson, pilot, †
Sgt Arthur Vincent Carpenter, †
Sgt William Martin Chambers, †
P/O David Albert Simpson, air bomber, †
Sgt Brian Stephen Walley.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1732LT on November 1st on an operation to Kiel. The following night, it was last heard while in contact with RAF Bircham Newton but failed to return to base. It was lost without trace and it is believed that it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
S/L James Mercer, pilot,
F/Lt James Reith Campbell,
Sgt Rennie Frank Duggan,
Sgt Thomas Peter Woodhouse,
F/Sgt Victor George Wright.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1740LT on an operation to Kiel. In the evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Vannio Max Albrecht,
Sgt John Charles Brooks,
Sgt Philip Arthur Champion,
Sgt Duncan Coutts Duguid,
Sgt Jeffrey Glover.