Topcliffe AFB

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1641LT on an operation to Berlin. Few minutes after takeoff, one of the engine fired and the crew decided to return to base. While descending in poor weather conditions, the aircraft impacted the slope of a hill and was wrecked. One of the wireless operator was killed and four other occupants were injured.
Crew (77th Squadron):
P/O Hayden Hugh James Miller, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Henry Gilbert, copilot,
Sgt Gordon Thorpe, observer,
Sgt Cyril Williams, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Albert Edward Hammond, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed left RAF Topcliffe at 1704LT on December 15 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base, the crew was forced to ditch the aircraft due to fuel exhaustion. The bomber crashed into the sea at 0350LT some 32 km off Scarborough. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (77th Squadron):
Sgt Philip Rowe, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Douglas, pilot,
Sgt Philip James Anstey, observer,
Sgt Peter O'Neill Darbishire, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Henry Wake, air gunner.

While returning to base at RAF Topcliffe following an operation to Berlin, the crew was forced to ditch the aircraft off the English coast due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft crashed into the sea off Whitby. While all five crew members were rescued, the aircraft sank and was lost. Crew from the 102nd Squadron.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1648LT on an operation to Berlin. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Egmond aan Zee. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Kenneth Thomas Hannah, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Gordon Allardice, pilot,
Sgt John Alfred Clemett, navigator,
Sgt Walter Frederick Dennis, wireless operator,
Sgt Alan Sedgley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1708LT on an operation to Berlin. It was heard on w/t at 1933LT indicating the airplane had developed a severe engine problem and the operation was being terminated. At 2200LT, the bomber crashed in the North Sea some 30 miles east of Great Yarmouth. No trace of the airplane nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Neil Anzac Svenson,
Sgt Edward Frank Wilson,
Sgt Joseph Beattie,
Sgt John Erik Campbell,
Sgt Alfred Russell Fox.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1632LT on December 3 on an operation to Mannheim. The following morning, while on final approach to RAF Topcliffe, the aircraft ran out of fuel, crash landed, veered off runway and came to rest, bursting into flames. All five crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire. Several bomb exploded as well.
Crew (77th Squadron):
Sgt N. C. Bizley, pilot,
P/O Leonard Edward Pearson, pilot,
Sgt K. R. Sewell, observer,
Sgt James William Middleton, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt G. Engel, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1800LT on November 27 on an operation to Le Havre. It was lost without trace, maybe after it crashed into The Channel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew.
P/O Edward Read Osborn,
Sgt Ralph Collier,
Sgt Walter Livesey,
Sgt Dennis Rowley,
Sgt George Edward West.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1743LT on November 23 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed in a field near Laxfield. All five crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/O P. E. Rees,
Sgt H. J. Dowling,
Sgt Alderton,
Sgt Haynes,
Sgt Davis.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1725LT on November 23 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following night, the aircraft ditched into the sea off the Start Point Lighthouse, Devon. All five crew members were rescued, among them two were injured.
Crew:
Sgt A. P. Clifford-Reade,
P/O F. G. Malim,
Sgt R. G. W. Bristow,
Sgt W. E. Craven,
F/O H. M. Young.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1730LT on November 23 on an operation to Torino. While returning to base the following night and just after crossing the coast near Portsmouth, the airplane was hit by Allied antiaircraft fire. Due to poor weather conditions, the crew was unable to locate a suitable landing area and subsequently abandoned the airplane that crashed near Elsted. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt D. A. Rix,
P/O D. A. Thomas,
Sgt J. Billington,
Sgt D. Axtell,
Sgt Dr. R. Mourton.