Kent

The airplane departed RAF Manston at 1115LT on an anti-shipping operation. Damaged by enemy fire, it was returning to base when it crash landed on Goodwin Sands. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt L. Maguire, pilot,
Sgt E. R. Bangor-Jones, observer,
Sgt J. R. L. Haskins, wireless operator.

The airplane departed Wyton in an attempt to raid Wesel using cloud cover. Due to clearing skies, the crew returned to base when the airplane was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the seas off Deal. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Godfrey Howard Davies, flight engineer,
Sgt Alfred James Higgison,
F/O Sydney Douglas Marshall,
Sgt Gordon Hogarth Mayor,
P/O John Davis Walker McCallum, observer,
F/Sgt Charles George White, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Walter Dudley Frost, air gunner.

The airplane departed Lille Airport to attack the London docks. While flying at night, it was shot down by a British fighter and crash landed in a field located in Kennington. All five crew members were injured and became PoW.
Crew:
Fw Richard Fürthmann, pilot,
Hpt Albert Hufenreuter, observer,
Uffz Karol Gerhardt, radio operator,
Gefr Josef Berzbach, flight engineer,
Gefr Edgar Weber, air gunner.

The bomber departed Vitry-en-Artois Airfield at 2230LT on an operation to London (Victoria Docks). While cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet, the airplane was shot down by a British fighter and entered a dive. The crew was able to bail out but three of them were killed, maybe because they bailed out too late.
Crew:
Lt Walter von Siber, pilot,
Fw Josef Fischer, observer,
Uffz Adolf Schurff, radio operator, †
Ofw Helmut Meister, mechanic, †
Fw Edmund Wylezol, air gunner. †

The airplane departed Manston Airport at 1929LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was hit by the German Flak and crashed 19 miles off Dungeness. The pilot and his observer were seen getting out of the sinking airplane, but despite an extensive search, no trace of the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt John Francis Chell,
Sgt Clarence Hubert Deane,
Sgt George Derryck Watkinson.

The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1257LT on an anti-shipping operation off Heligoland, Germany. It crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Birchington-on-Sea, Kent. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Crew,
Sgt Cartside,
Sgt Drummond.

The crew departed RAF Millom on a training flight to RAF Detling. En route, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion. All four occupants were killed.
Crew (2nd Bombing Gunnery School):
P/O Sidnyey Guy Rodd, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Leo Pitman, navigator,
LAC Phillip Leslie Jackson,
AC1 Harold Davenport.

The famous pilot Amy Johnson was completing a ferry flight from Prestwick to Kidlington to deliver the airplane. She departed Prestwick Airport on January 4 but was forced to divert to RAF Squires Gate near Blackpool due to poor weather conditions. She spent a night at Squires Gate, then took off on January 5 on a flight which should take some 90 minutes. Four and a half hours later, lost above a solid cloud layer and probably out of fuel, she baled out over the Thames Estuary. Her parachute and falling aircraft were sighted by the ships in a convoy and a gallant attempt was made to save her by the captain of a Royal Navy escort ship who dived into the freezing water to rescue her. He died later from exposure. Tragically, this effort was to no avail and Amy was drowned. Her body was never recovered.

The airplane departed RAF Bodney in the evening of December 3 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Waltahm, Kent. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Byng Cartwright, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Charles Benbow, observer,
Sgt Peter Crawford, wireless operator and air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1732LT on an operation to Torino. While returning to base, it ran out of fuel and ditched in The Channel off Dover. By an awful misfortune of chance, the dinghy only partially inflated and then drifted away. Meanwhile, a lifeboat had set out to search for survivors and this vessel came across the pilot, still alive, and took him to safety. Tragically, no other survivors could be found.
Crew:
Sgt Franck Albert Parton, †
Sgt Frederick Leslie Moore, †
Sgt John Gray, †
Sgt Vincent Gerald Sullivan, †
P/O D R Bagnall.