North Coates AFB

The airplane departed RAF North Coates at 2145LT on June 5 on a bombing mission over Gent, Belgium. While returning to its base at night, the aircraft collided with the balloon barrage cables. Two crew members bailed out and survived before the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed onto a house located in Ashington. Both other crew members as well as three people leaving in the house were killed.
Crew:
P/O Westlake, pilot,
Sgt Twitchen, observer,
Sgt Llewellyn Edwin Thomas Harris, wireless operator, †
Sgt Patrick O'Flaherty, air gunner. †
Those killed on ground were:
Mrs. Gladys Audrey Cox,
Mr. Henry Cox,
Mrs. Eleanor Cox.

The airplane departed RAF North Coates on a mine laying mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea off Heligoland Island. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
W/Cdr Harry Manners Mellor, pilot,
F/O Frederick Robert Jamieson,
LAC Alan D. MacKenzie, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Horace James Cook.

The airplane departed RAF North Coates at 1940LT on a mine laying mission over the Elbe River. Few minutes after takeoff, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea, some 110 km east from its departure point. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew:
Lt Charles Lester Mackenzie Lester,
Sgt William Southward,
Cpl John William Maxey,
LAC Kenneth Percy Turrell.

The airplane departed RAF North Coates to bomb enemy cruiser. While approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by Flak and crashed into the sea off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stuart Percival Woollatt, pilot,
F/O David James Theodore Lusk, navigator,
AC1 Sidney William Mills, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 Myles Joseph Delahunty, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF North Coates on a mine laying mission over the Elbe River. While cruising at night, the crew reported engine failure when the airplane crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O Arthur R. Fordham, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Greenwood, observer,
AC1 Joseph Wells, wireless operator,
LAC Edmund W. J. Picot, air gunner.

While on a reconnaissance mission over Germany, the airplane was attacked by enemy fire. The pilot was able to evacuate the are, crossed the North Sea and was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed at RAF Donna Nook. A crew member was killed and two others were unhurt.
Crew:
P/O J. A. E. Monette, pilot,
Sgt John Abraham Humphries Potter, observer, †
LAC A. N. Whitehall, wireless operator and air gunner.

Shortly after takeoff from RAF North Coates, the airplane suffered an engine failure, stalled and crashed. Two crewmen were killed while a third was injured.
Crew:
F/Lt Ernest Michael Withy, †
AC2 John Henry Richardson, †
AC2 Joseph Raymond.