Dishforth AFB

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1724LT on an operation to Emden. While flying along the Dutch coast and returning to base, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea 10 km west of Texel Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Orval Henry Burchell,
Sgt Joseph Hermile Durning,
Sgt Henry John Groom,
Sgt Ronald Albert Priestley,
Sgt Frank Gordon Warwick Roberts,
Sgt Ernest Alfred Spicer.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1752LT on an operation to Essen. In the late evening, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tolke. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Harold Featherstone McCullagh, pilot,
P/O John Alfred Nutt, pilot,
Sgt Victor Frank Douglas Kirk, observer,
Sgt Cyril David Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt John Lemuel Holloway, wireless operator.

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 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 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 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 departed RAF Dishforth at 2254LT on an operation to Stettin. It crashed two minutes later one mile southwest of the airfield. All five crew members were rescued, among them one was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. F. Campbell,
Sgt C. A. Guan,
P/O Baerlein,
Sgt W. Colloto.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1905LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Welle. Two crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Thomas Evans, wireless operator, †
Sgt Vincent Flynne, wireless operator, †
P/O James Ivor Davies,
Sgt John Hugh Davis,
Sgt James Edgar Gowland.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2003LT on September 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, the pilot was forced to initiate a go around procedure for unknown reasons. During the second attempt to land, the bomber stalled and crashed. Three crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured. One of the survivor died soon afterwards from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt John Alfred Reynolds, pilot, †
P/O Leslie Charles Ross Wilson, pilot, †
Sgt Alexander Anthony Jessup, observer, †
Sgt Albert Edward Barrett, wireless operator, †
Sgt E. C. Duce.