East Yorkshire

The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2240LT on July 6 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following morning with one engine out, the airplane crashed on approach. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
P/O Ronald John Fraas, pilot, †
F/Sgt Albert Luckhurst, air gunner, †
P/O W. L. S. O'Brien,
Sgt M. G. A. McKernan,
Sgt T. Brown,
Sgt T. J. Doyle.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1358LT on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base in the afternoon and approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed in the North Sea some 30 km east of Flamborough. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas William Ernest Chapple,
Sgt Arthur Thomas Cole,
F/Lt John Kenneth Collins,
Sgt William Hardie,
Sgt Charles Kelly,
Sgt Gordon Thomas Webb,
Sgt Frederick Charles Williams.

The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2304LT on June 22 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane ditched in the North Sea some 50 km east of Hornsea. A crew was killed while four others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt James Henry Grubb, †
P/O G. L. Mattey,
Sgt S. W. Reimer,
Sgt A. J. Jakeman,
Sgt A. Troughton.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1841LT on March 23 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and later in the flight, the left engine failed. While returning to base the following night, the airplane was abandoned by the crew, dove into the ground and crashed near RAF Driffield. All four crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O P. H. H. Pritchard,
P/O F. A. Caunter-Jackson,
Sgt P. J. Breene,
Sgt O. W. J. Pearce.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2015LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Wold Newton. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Thomas Richards, pilot, †
P/O H. C. Pexton,
Sgt J. H. Tittley,
Sgt D. C. Wheeler.

The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2215LT on March 1st on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, approaching the coast of East Yorkshire, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Spurn Head. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Hugh Gavin Lydford Lawson,
Sgt James Noel Murray,
Sgt John Nevil Huddlestone,
Sgt Alfred Ernest Waters,
Sgt Eric Routledge,
Sgt Douglas Alfred Thomas Heslop, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1641LT on an operation to Bremen. Less than two hours into the flight, it was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88 and crashed into the sea some 50 km east of Withernsea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Desmond Christian Frederick Coutts,
Sgt Kenneth Harold Smith,
Sgt Norman Stephenson,
Sgt James Kennedy,
Sgt Thomas Fraser Behan.

The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 0115LT on an operation to Hamburg. At 0707LT, it crashed in unknown circumstances onto houses in Goole. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt Colin Richardson, pilot, †
Sgt Birt Brookes, pilot, †
Sgt Charles William Ian Parker, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt J. Anderson.

The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 1715LT on November 14 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the next morning, the airplane ran out of fuel and was ditched in the sea few miles off Hornsea. All five crewmen were quickly rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew (77th Squadron):
Sgt N. C. Bizley, pilot,
P/O Pearson, pilot,
Sgt Sewell, observer,
Sgt Middleton, wireless operator,
Sgt Higgins, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of November 3 on an operation to Kiel. Over the target area, it was hit by the German Flak and while approaching the British coast, it crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Clare Arthur Connor, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Norris, radio operator,
Sgt James William Chesterton Gibson,
Sgt Geoffrey Harry Stubbings.