Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

While completing a night training exercise, the airplane crashed at 2038LT at a place known as Cluther Rocks on Kinder Scout in the Derbyshire Peak District, following an attempt to lands at Manchester-Ringway Airport. Weather conditions were extremely poor at the time of the accident. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Royal George Heron,
Sgt Sydney Albert Peters, wireless operator,
Sgt William Thomas Tromans, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Chantler Williams.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1750LT on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have been shot down by a Me.110 and to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Harold William Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Peter Bernard Chapple, navigator,
Sgt Reginald Grenville Eves, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Brown, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 1705LT on an operation to Emden. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Groningen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Alexander Muir Harvey, pilot,
Sgt William Arthur Bill Gray, observer,
Sgt John William Hallam, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Mannering Knapman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton at 1715LT on January 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. At night and in low visibility due to clouds, the airplane impacted the slope of a hilly terrain in Dalefoot, near West Burton. Three crew members were killed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
S/L W. J. Burnett, pilot,
F/Sgt James Arthur Bunting, observer, †
Sgt John Robinson Appleby, wireless operator, †
Sgt Maurice Jones, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1710LT on an operation to Hamburg. Passing off Wilhelmshaven, it was hit by the German Flak. With the starboard engine on fire, the crew evacuated the area bound for Sweden. Eventually, the crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed in Hostrup, south Denmark. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt William Storrier Dashwood,
Sgt Arthur William Horseman,
Sgt Ernest Arthur Moore,
Sgt Roger Odilon Charles Rousseau.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on January 14 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it ran out fuel. The crew diverted to RAF Langham but the airplane crashed on approach near the airfield. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/L W. J. W. Kingston,
Sgt R. C. W. de Courcy,
Sgt J. A. Tobin,
Sgt A. Gibson.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby on a training exercise. While making a sharp turn at low altitude, the pilot lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed in Poynton Hall, Butterwick. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Lawton, pilot,
Sgt Charles Wilson Wight, wireless operator.

The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1642LT to attack the Blohm & Voss Plant in Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Gerald Alan Gale,
P/O Eric Vivian Hore,
P/O Lawrence Mason Jacob,
Sgt Philip Charles Pettersson.

The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1642LT to attack the Blohm & Voss Plant in Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Arthur Angel,
Sgt Robert Ashton Baddeley,
Sgt Donald Wilfred Cockburn,
Sgt John Michael Horley.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1649LT on a gardening operation. While returning to base in the late evening, it strayed from track and ran out of fuel. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed one mile west of Brampton. Two crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured. Two days later, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Chapple Williams, pilot, †
Sgt Sydney Earnshaw, navigator, †
Sgt Alexander Russell Bernard, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. Caunce, air gunner.