East Yorkshire

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1909LT on October 12 on an operation to Nuremberg. While returning to base the following morning, the crew was instructed to divert to RAF Pocklington. On approach, the airplane crashed one mile south of the airfield and was destroyed. All five crew members were killed. A few minutes before the crash, the pilot radioed to say he was almost out of fuel.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Edwin Donson, pilot,
F/Sgt William Henry Burns, wireless operator,
Sgt Herbert Conroy Lee, wireless operator,
Sgt Clive Gordon Lord,
Sgt Joseph Geoffrey Rich.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham on September 29 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in the garden of a house at Sunnyside while trying to land at RAF Driffield. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt McDermott,
Sgt Boucher,
Sgt H. Smith,
Sgt Elliott.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1837LT on September 20 on an operation to Berlin. It was hit by the German Flak while bombing Wismar as an alternative target. Subsequently, the Whitley ran out of fuel and the crew ditched the airplane at 0500LT off Withernsea. All were picked up two hours later by an HSL out from Grimsby.
Crew:
Sgt P. G. Rochford,
Sgt Owen,
P/O Openshaw,
Sgt Cleere,
Sgt Howells.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1905LT on September 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night and approaching the British coast, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crash landed on a sand bank in Spurn Head. All six crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Dickenson +5.

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1935LT on September 20 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was ditched into the sea off Flamborough following a fire in the starboard engine and a loss of power on the port engine. Five crew members were rescued while a sixth was killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Hillhouse Sherriff, †
Sgt J. C. McGeagh,
Sgt C. G. Freeman,
Sgt J. J. O. Pyne,
Sgt E. E. Hartland,
Sgt S. H. Dunn.

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington on a local test flight. While cruising at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent, suffered a structural failure and crashed two miles north-northeast of the airbase. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Watson Thompson, pilot,
Sgt Ronald George Chandos, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Peter Turton, observer,
Sgt Charles Harold Fletcher, wireless operator,
Sgt Walter Irvine Strother, wireless operator,
Sgt James Matthew Maxon, air gunner,
Sgt Gabriel Phillips,
AC1 Harry Armitage.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 1825LT on September 15 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it diverted to RAF Pocklington where it crashed on approach. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
P/O G. W. Ward,
P/O Loftus,
Sgt Walley,
Sgt Flowerday.

While on a training flight, the airplane crash landed at Middleton-on-the-Wolds. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
P/O F. N. Pope +5.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2051LT on September 11 on an operation to Warnemünde. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ran out of fuel and ditched some two miles off Flamborough. All five crew members were rescued about an hour later.
Crew:
P/O A. E. Hacking, pilot,
Sgt Mackenzie,
Sgt Turner,
Sgt Davidson,
Sgt McBride.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Pocklington. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the left engine caught fire. The airplane crashed in a field near the airfield and was destroyed by a post crash fire. All three crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt Turner,
Sgt H. S. McNeil,
Sgt A. N. McLennan.