North Yorkshire

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1510LT on a night training exercise. In unclear circumstances, it collided with a second RAF Halifax registered L9614 and also taking off for the same training operation with seven crew members on board. Both airplanes were destroyed and two crew members on board L9614 were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Warrington Wade Tripp, pilot, †
Sgt William Cleary Green, wireless operator, †
W/Cdr J. A. H. Tuck,
Sgt W. W. Watt,
Sgt J. H. Beare,
Sgt S. T. A. Rouse,
S/L J. A. Crockett,
Sgt T. F. Mooney,
F/O J. H. N. Molesworth
Sgt F. Faljoski,
P/O R. P. Hughes,
Sgt P. Bell,
Sgt V. C. Howick.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1510LT on a night training exercise. In unclear circumstances, it collided with a second RAF Halifax registered V9981 and also taking off for the same training operation with seven crew members on board. Both airplanes were destroyed and two crew members on board L9614 were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Warrington Wade Tripp, pilot, †
Sgt William Cleary Green, wireless operator, †
W/Cdr J. A. H. Tuck,
Sgt W. W. Watt,
Sgt J. H. Beare,
Sgt S. T. A. Rouse,
S/L J. A. Crockett,
Sgt T. F. Mooney,
F/O J. H. N. Molesworth
Sgt F. Faljoski,
P/O R. P. Hughes,
Sgt P. Bell,
Sgt V. C. Howick.

The airplane departed RAF Croft at 1740LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It crashed at 1845LT after colliding with high tension cables at Foxholes, bursting into flames. All five crew members were rescued, among them three were injures.
Crew:
P/O R. M. Shattock,
Sgt E. Lee,
Sgt C. A. Newan,
Sgt Lyndon,
Sgt Wado.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Scarborough, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Wolfgang Scholz-Tautz, observer,
Lt Friedrich-Wilhelm Stappenbeck, pilot,
Uffz Georg Lietzow, radio operator,
Uffz Paul Hupke, air gunner.

The crew departed RAF Church Fenton on a night training exercise. In unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed in Sutton-on-the-Forest. Both crew members were seriously injured and the pilot later died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Henry Tickner, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick Turner, observer.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1630LT on December 11 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered marginal weather when the airplane was caught by severe downdrafts and crashed in Eavestone Moor. A pilot was killed and four other occupants were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Charles Hoskin, pilot, †
P/O J. H. Kenny,
P/O R. G. A. Burgess,
Sgt J. K. Taylor,
Sgt R. Clark.

For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed just after takeoff from RAF Church Fenton and came to rest in a field 1/4 mile south of the airbase. All three crew members were rescued, among them one was seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O Walter Frame Gibb, pilot,
LAC Clifford Hayden Stephens,
AC1 T. H. Bennison.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1659LT on an operation to Dunkirk. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed while trying to avoid a collision with a 77 Squadron Whitley. The airplane smashed through the roof of a house at Londonderry on the western edge of the airfield, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped with minor injuries.
Crew:
Sgt J. W. Barber, pilot,
Sgt R. W. B. Blanchard,
Sgt W. Archer,
Sgt J. Waterworth,
Sgt A. Brewer.

The pilot departed RAF Church Fenton on a solo training exercise. While returning to base shortly past midnight, the airplane suffered a double engine failure. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed one mile north of Thorpe Willoughby. The pilot was slightly injured.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Edward Thomas, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2032LT on November 15 on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered icing conditions and crossed the English coastline much further north than planned. While descending, the airplane impacted the slope of a hill near Baysdale and was destroyed. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt William John Young, pilot,
Sgt Donald McGregor Symes, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Russell Bernard, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald St Clair Neale, wireless operator. †