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While engaged in a maritime patrol flight, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L George Charlton Halley, pilot,
P/O Charles McLean, pilot,
Sgt Frank Childs, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas Lewis Heald, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1320LT on an air sea rescue operation to search for crew reported missing from the previous night operations. The aircraft was last seen around 1600LT and failed to return to base. No trace was ever found.
Crew (97th Squadron):
Sgt Clifford Robert Bronson,
Sgt Amos Richard Albert Dexter,
Sgt Frederick William Manners,
P/O Gordon Harold John Pickering,
F/Lt Charles Peter Dovey Price,
F/Sgt Christopher Stanley,
Sgt Neville Jack Weston.

The airplane departed Aberdeen-Dyce airport to escort one Sunderland, two Catalina and HMS Rubis. While flying at low height, it suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Lockhart Lander, pilot,
Sgt Harold Leake, observer,
Sgt George Edward Reid Latimer, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an anti-shipping operation. While attacking a convoy, it crashed into the sea some 350 km west of Crete. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Arthur Hopkinson, pilot,
Sgt Ian Hamilton, observer,
Sgt John Gibson, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2203LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, the crew called for help when the airplane probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Harwood-Smith,
Sgt David Roe Pritchard,
P/O Bruce Buchanan Percival Roy,
Sgt Philip Henry Stanton,
Sgt Samuel Thomson.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2242LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. The following morning, while returning to base, it crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Carleton Thompson Lane,
Sgt Douglas Rowley-Blake,
Sgt Arnold Scott,
Sgt Harold Frederick Stentiford,
P/O Kenneth Monckton Tuckfield.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2207LT on November 7 on an operation to Berlin. In response to a request for a bearing, the necessary information was transmitted at 0642LT, at which time the Whitley was believed to be nearly 100 km north of Borkum and on course for the east coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
P/O James Cecil Alcuin Allchin,
Sgt Vincent Leigh Brown,
Sgt William Charles Clarke,
F/Sgt James Allison Steeves,
Sgt Thomas Henry Thorley.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Berlin. Hit by Flak which set light to the incendiaries and the fire was soon out of control. Distress calls were transmitted, after which the Wellington was put down in the sea. Three days later, all six crew members came ashore near Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Crew:
P/O L. B. Ercolani,
Sgt D. A. S. Hamilton,
Sgt J. B. Holdsworth,
Sgt J. N. MacLennan,
Sgt A. G. Weller,
Sgt A. J. N. Fry.

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1946LT on a Rover patrol of the Ruhr area and with Essen as its objective. It failed to return to base, was lost without trace and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
P/O Eric Graham Mounsey, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Claude Carr,
Sgt Alexander Greig Kinnear,
F/Sgt Frederick Maxwell Legere,
P/O Kenneth Beverly McGoun.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1733LT on an operation to Berlin. In the evening, it was last heard on w/t at 2015LT indicating a ditching was imminent. At that time, the bomber was flying along the Dutch coast. No trace was found.
Crew:
Sgt Richard Alan Berry,
Sgt Wilfred Buchan,
P/O William Davie Clayton Hardie,
P/O Arthur Leonard Miller,
Sgt William Watson,
Sgt Brian James Wrampling.