Vickers 424 Wellington IV

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby for a training exercise but climbed too slowly, stalled and crashed just to the southwest of the airfield. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Jakins, pilot,
Sgt Collan Michael Anthony Bawden Brett, pilot,
Sgt Norman Borrows, observer,
Sgt Harry Morton Exley, wireless operator,
Sgt K. W. Light.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1717LT on November 15 on an operation to Emden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Lewis Cox,
F/Sgt Henry William Duffield,
P/O Ronald John Furey,
P/O William Goldman,
Sgt Douglas Bertram Pepper,
Sgt Eric Rowland.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1843LT on November 7 an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base, the crew encountered icing conditions and the airplane crash landed in an open field located in the region of Béthune. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Gustaw Chrzanowski,
Sgt Piotr Meiczsyław Nowakowski,
P/O Wladysław Radwanski,
F/O Mieczysław Aleksander Taras,
Sgt Henryk Kudelko,
Sgt Bolesław Stanisław Iwanowicz.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1936LT on an operation to Mannheim. While cruising in strong winds and icing conditions, it crashed near Middelburg, on the island of Walcheren. A crew was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Sydney Albert Hart, †
Sgt Charles Lionel Dennes,
F/Sgt Percy Wallace Duckers,
Sgt Henry Jackson Gibson,
W/O Thomas Victor Stone Wiggins,
Sgt F. W. Day.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1830LT on an operation to Le Havre. It was hit by the German Flak and subsequently the crew were ordered to bail out. Five did so, landing in the vicinity of Aldershot. Two crew members were injured and a third was killed as he remained on board.
Crew:
Sgt Raymond John Hobbs, †
Sgt M. W. Shapir,
F/Lt J. A. H. Sargeaunt,
P/O B. P. Hickey,
P/O R. Birnie,
Sgt A. S. Austin.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Mieczysław Karol Borodej,
F/Sgt Ludwik Tadeusz Cieslak,
Sgt Andrzej Wlodzimierz Kleeberg,
Sgt Antoni Mlodzik,
Sgt Antoni Stalewski,
F/O V. Riedl.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1822LT on October 20 on an operation to Bremen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Edwards Parker, pilot,
Sgt James Forrest,
F/Sgt John Frederick Gauley, observer,
F/Sgt Edwin Leslie Phillips,
Sgt Leonard Walter Shearing, wireless operator,
Sgt Bryan Robert Thomas, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 1839LT on an operation to Antwerp. Approaching Charleroi, it crashed west of the city, in Marchienne-au-Pont. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Peter John Maxwell Hamilton, pilot, †
P/O David Kimber Fawkes, observer, †
Sgt Andrew Young Condie, wireless operator, †
Sgt Thomas Jackson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Philip George Crittenden, †
Sgt Percival George Ernest Alfred Brown.

The airplane was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Hemswell. On final approach, while practicing low level circuits, a sudden loss of engine power was experienced. The pilot tried to make a straight ahead landing but was baulked by another aircraft taking off. The airplane crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
P/O W. Radwanski +5.