Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew departed RAF Carew Cheriton on a convoy patrol mission. Returning to base, he encountered poor weather conditions over Pembrokeshire and got lost. Nevertheless, the pilot was able to locate the RAF Pembrey and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed by the runway. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were injured. The wireless operator died two days later from injuries sustained.
Crew:
P/O John Leahy Tully, pilot,
F/Sgt Reginald Fenney, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt H. Carey, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 1532LT on a training exercise. In unknown circumstances, it crashed into the sea some 300 yards off Clacton-on-Sea. Five crew members were killed and two others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt John Wilson Dalgliesh, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Ernest Coulson, observer, †
Sgt William Hutchinson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Hedley Brown, air gunner, †
Cpt G. R. Buck, †
Sgt W. E. McCartney,
Sgt E. Onions.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of February 14 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel. The crew diverted to RAF Upwood where the airplane crashed on final approach at Glossmore Farm. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt R. N. Hamer,
Sgt Haddock,
Sgt Bombing Minchin,
Sgt Watchorn.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1735LT on February 14 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, and with its wireless equipment unserviceable, the crew strayed off track and, subsequently, came down in the sea at 0200LT some 20 miles south of the Hampshire resort of Bournemouth. All five crew members were injured and rescued.
Crew:
P/O R. E. Atkinson,
Sgt J. C. Stevens,
Sgt R. Shipley,
F/Sgt J. D. Rogers,
P/O G. T. Turner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and was ditched of the Isle of Wight. All four crew members were uninjured and rescued.
Crew:
P/O R. A. P. Allesbrook,
Sgt S. Stanbridge,
Sgt J. W. Wilkinson,
Sgt R. L. A. Woolgar.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Sumatra. Lost without trace.
Crew:
W/O Sidney Horace Stafford, pilot,
W/O Ronald Leslie Willmott, observer,
F/Sgt Francis John Hicks, wireless operator air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Yatesbury on a wireless training operation with a crew of six on board. En route, it collided with the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed at Wiggins Field near Horton. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Albert Horace Sanders, pilot,
Cpl Kenneth B. Hordwood, wireless operator,
AC2 Kenneth Ivan Oliver, wireless operator,
AC2 John Coleman Williams,
LAC James Douglas Wood,
AC2 Percy Wray, wireless operator.

The crew departed RAF Upper Heyford on a training exercise to Weston-on-the-Green. While performing an approach to RAF Chipping Warden, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons, killing both crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Joseph Rene Viau, pilot,
F/Sgt William John Hodge, observer.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Batavia. A crewman was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
S/L D. K. Banks, pilot, †
F/Sgt Henry Alan Oliver.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Church Fenton when a tyre burst upon landing. The airplane went out of control, veered off runway, lost its undercarriage and came to a halt. Both crew members escaped uninjured.