Topcliffe AFB

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1732LT on an operation to Torino. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and ditched in The Channel off Dover. By an awful misfortune of chance, the dinghy only partially inflated and then drifted away. Meanwhile, a lifeboat had set out to search for survivors and this vessel came across the pilot, still alive, and took him to safety. Tragically, no other survivors could be found.
Crew:
Sgt Franck Albert Parton, †
Sgt Frederick Leslie Moore, †
Sgt John Gray, †
Sgt Vincent Gerald Sullivan, †
P/O D R Bagnall.

The bomber departed RAF Topcliffe at 0212LT on an operation to Duisburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances at 0634LT in the North Sea, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
F/O Anthony Marmaduke Langdale Selby,
W/C Samuel Robert Groom,
Sgt Leslie Hogarth,
Sgt Thomas Douglas Elliott,
F/O Edward Denys Stevens.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe in the evening of November 14 on an operation to Berlin. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Neuenhagen, about 21 km east of Berlin. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt T. A. Neal,
Sgt John Clement Steel, pilot,
P/O Geoffrey Donald Bailey, observer,
Sgt Richard William Toomey, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Victor Henry Louis, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe to bomb a synthetic oil plant in Wesseling. While returning to its basae without making an attack, the aircraft was shot by enemy fire and crashed in Deventer. A crew became PoW and four others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Henocq, †
P/O G. M. Wiltshear,
Sgt Albert Ernest George Everest, †
Sgt Herbert Hutchinson, †
Sgt Alexander Duff Wilson. †

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1727LT on October 14 to bomb a synthetic oil plant located in Stettin (Szczecin), Poland. While returning to his base in the next early morning, the crew was unable to determine his exact position due to low visibility caused by thick cloud. Due to fuel exhaustion, the captain attempted an emergency landing in a field when the airplane crashed and burnt. Two crew members were killed and three others were seriously injured.
Crew (10th Squadron):
F/Lt Dennis Brendon Geoffrey Tomlinson, pilot,
Sgt T. A. Byrne, pilot,
P/O Robert James Dickinson, observer, †
Sgt Leslie Peter Neville, wireless operator, †
Sgt R. L. Somerville, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1740LT on October 14 to bomb a synthetic oil plant located in Stettin (Szczecin), Poland. While returning to base the following morning, the pilot-in-command made a sharp turn on approach when the airplane collided with trees and crashed few dozen yards short of runway. A crew member was killed and four others were injured.
Crew (77th Squadron):
S/L George Roderick Hartwell Black, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Edward Coogan, pilot,
Sgt P. Boddington, observer,
Sgt G. J. Garwood, wireless operator,
Sgt J. W. Woodroffe, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe in the evening of October 8 on an operation to Hanau, east of Frankfurt. The following night, while returning to his base, the crew encountered poor visibility. Too low on approach, the airplane collided with trees and crashed in Snape, some 15 km northwest of RAF Topcliffe. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (77th Squadron):
Sgt George William Brown, pilot,
Mid David Arthur Charles Hadingham, pilot,
Sgt William Goodall MacMorland, observer,
Sgt Joseph Reginald Wardman, wireless operator,
Sgt Cleveland Cottham, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was returning to RAF Leeming following a reconnaissance mission. After landing, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with military houses. All five crew evacuated safely while three people on the ground were killed.
Crew (77th Squadron):
P/O Peter Ernest Eldridge, pilot,
S/Lt Peter Owen Williams, pilot,
Sgt Victor Charles Cowley, observer,
Sgt Frank Crawford, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Carter Dawson, air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
AC2 Arthur Bunclark Annis,
AC2 Henry Baird,
LAC Harold Hemsley.