Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1738LT on October 31 on an operation to Hamburg. Past midnight, the crew asked for help when the airplane crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt William Bourke,
F/Sgt Albert Thomas Bradly,
Sgt Samuel Burgess,
Sgt Charles Allen Guan,
Sgt Geoffrey Oliver Williams.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1739LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on Texel Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Eric Arthur Barsby, pilot,
P/O Stanley David Steel, pilot,
Sgt Jack Harris Knight, observer,
F/Sgt Eric Warburton, wireless operator,
Sgt Vincent Sature, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1656LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Robert John Albert Cleverdon,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Conroy Couch,
Sgt William Temple Hall,
Sgt William Lowe,
F/O Frank Simpson.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1652LT on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Harold Every Roberts, pilot,
Sgt Harry Redfern Elliott, pilot,
Sgt William Partington, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Marshall Boyd, wireless operator,
Sgt John Harold Stroll, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on a special duties operation. It stalled and crashed while trying to land at base. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Albert John Oettle, pilot,
LAC Walter John Lee, observer,
Sgt Hugh Francis Rochford, bomb aimer.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1737LT on an operation to Frankfurt. For unknown reasons, it crashed near Pihen-lès-Guînes. A crew was killed, three became PoW and a fifth evaded.
Crew:
Sgt Clarence Edmund Wheeler, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Perrin Magwood,
Sgt Douglas George Pinney,
Sgt George Millane Porrett,
Sgt H. R. Wilson.

The airplane was engaged in a navigation training sortie when it crashed for unknown reasons in Givendale, near Boroughbridge. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Anthony Baerlein, pilot, †
Sgt John Lyon Perrin, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Ernest Sayer, wireless operator, †
Sgt N. A. Farr,
Sgt H. F. Tice.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Croft. While in the circuit, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O B. O. Smith,
Sgt R. E. Whitehorn,
Sgt G. O. Dufort,
Sgt I. L. Kidd.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1839LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ran out of fuel and crash landed in Market Deeping, north of Peterborough. All five crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Stell,
Sgt J. M. M. Wilson,
Sgt D. C. Wilson,
Sgt C. Miller,
Sgt O. T. McIlquham.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1909LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following morning, the crew was instructed to divert to RAF Pocklington. On approach, the airplane crashed one mile south of the airfield and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed. A few minutes before the crash, the pilot radioed to say he was almost out of fuel.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Edwin Donson, pilot,
F/Sgt William Henry Burns, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Conroy Lee, wireless operator,
Sgt Clive Gordon Lord,
Sgt Joseph Geoffrey Rich.