Royal Air Force - RAF

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 0145LT on a mine laying operation. Four minutes later, it crashed in unknown circumstances on the flare path, just beyond the airfield boundary. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. C. Hunter, pilot,
Sgt Richard Ball Calow, observer, †
F/Sgt Fernand Fagan MacKinnon, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Douglas Morris, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1910LT on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Off Ronald Percy Runagall,
Sgt Herbert John Hickman,
F/O Russell Lloyd George Hosea,
Sgt Sydney William Stevenson,
F/Sgt John Alfred Chamberlain,
P/O John Moore Runner.

The airplane departed RAF Bourn on an operation to Essen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Cyril William Luin,
Sgt Ronald Frank Lawrence,
Sgt Maurice William Fenwick,
F/Sgt Stanley James Brown,
Sgt Leslie Wilbur Calderhead,
Sgt Clwyd Parry.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 0028LT on an operation to Essen. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in the North Sea. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was rescued 33 hours later by a trawler.
Crew:
Sgt William Henry Bowers, †
Sgt William Leslie Cooke, †
Sgt Robert James Tristem Lovell, †
Sgt Douglas William Peacey, †
P/O Thomas William Warwick Woodford, †
P/O Ralph Pickard Hoult.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Debden. Upon takeoff, the left engine failed. The airplane stalled and crashed in a plowed field. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O R. H. H. Pawsey,
P/O J. K. Reynolds.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Saint Eval. On final approach at night, the pilot-in-command abandoned the landing procedure and initiated a go around manoeuvre. While in initial climb, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located one mile north of the airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (233th Squadron):
Sgt William Wilfred Parr, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Edwin Hyam,
Sgt Sydney William Benson.

The airplane was engaged in a night training exercise out from RAF Saltby. While in cruising altitude in the circuit of the airbase, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed two miles northwest of the airfield. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. At the time of the accident, the airplane was in a wheels and flaps down configuration.
Crew:
Sgt John Franklin MacPhail, pilot, †
Sgt Ernest Roy Lumsdaine,
Sgt Allan Harold Hanson, †
Sgt F. Wellington.

The airplane was ferried from RAF Feltwell to RAF Alconbury where the pilot made an emergency downwind landing. After touchdown, the airplane veered off runway and crashed into a large bank of earth. The pilot was uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt A. C. Shilleto.

The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1522LT to attack the Ford plant located in Poissy. It is believed that it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed while approaching Beauvais. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Vernon Stanley Butler, pilot,
F/O Basil Mervyn Sayers Marissel, navigator,
F/O Weston James Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leuchars on a flight to RAF Thorney Island with an intermediate stop at RAF Worthy Down. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 100 feet, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis Henry Wilkinson, pilot,
F/Sgt Jack Adrian Colin London, observer,
P/O Cedric Hubert Owen Priest, wireless operator and air gunner.