Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1642LT to attack the Blohm & Voss Plant in Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Arthur Angel,
Sgt Robert Ashton Baddeley,
Sgt Donald Wilfred Cockburn,
Sgt John Michael Horley.

The airplane departed RAF Luqa on a combat mission off the Maltese coast. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Valetta. Two crew members were killed and a third was rescued.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Noel Dowland, pilot, †
P/O Arnold Potter, observer,
P/O Robert Victor Gridley, wireless operator. †

The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight off Songkhla with nine crew members on board. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/L Maxwell Francis Campbell Farrar, pilot,
Sgt Henry John Bye,
Sgt William Cannon,
Sgt Neil Douglas Clayton,
Sgt Roger Maxwell Temple Draper,
Sgt Terence John Goggin,
Sgt Cedric Herbert Hall,
Sgt Raymond William Whitehouse,
F/O Stephen Percival Wilkins.

The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a training flight. En route, the crew encountered severe icing conditions, causing the engines to stop. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O Charles Vernon Pereira, pilot,
P/O G. H. Gilbert, navigator,
Sgt P. B. Davies, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Sullom Voe on a maritime patrol flight. For unknown reasons, it crashed into the sea off Oban. Four crew members were killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
P/O Edward George Baker, †
F/Sgt Ronald Michael Anderson Levis, †
Sgt Roderick Malcolm Mackenzie, †
Sgt George Henry Newton, †
Sgt G. A. Elder,
F/Sgt W. O. Morgan,
Sgt A. W. Gray,
F/Sgt R. Clayton,
Sgt R. W. Dickson.

The pilot departed RAF Wyton on a solo training flight. En route, the port engine failed. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed near Great Staughton. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick John Blenkinsopp, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Skellingthorpe at 1649LT on a gardening operation. While returning to base in the late evening, it strayed from track and ran out of fuel. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed one mile west of Brampton. Two crew members were killed and two others were seriously injured. Two days later, one of the survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Chapple Williams, pilot, †
Sgt Sydney Earnshaw, navigator, †
Sgt Alexander Russell Bernard, wireless operator, †
Sgt A. Caunce, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 1803LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base in the late evening, it suffered an engine failure, lost altitude and crashed one mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe. Four crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt David Adamson Laing, pilot, †
F/Sgt Carroll Frederick O'Connell, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Alfred Delaney, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Ernest Albert Parsons, air gunner, †
P/O H. J. Stickings,
Sgt C. McAllister.

The airplane departed El Adem at 2315LT on a flight to Buerat. Few minutes after takeoff, one of the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a desert area located 11 km north of El Adem. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all six crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt J. F. R. Morrison,
P/O R. Salmon,
P/O La Brish,
Sgt Clay,
Sgt D. Griffin,
Sgt James.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1741LT on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Borkum Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Jan Zajac, pilot,
Sgt Stanisław Garstka, pilot,
P/O Jozef Maczynski, navigator,
Sgt Rajmund Antoni Pokrzywa, wireless operator,
Sgt Jacek Strzyzewski, wireless operator,
F/O Tadeusz Jozef Klewicz, air gunner.