Northumberland

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1759LT on a mine laying operation off the Frisian Islands. It was badly shot about by enemy fire and later crashed in Dunmoor Hill. Four crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
F/O T. Tyrala, pilot, †
F/O Tadeusz Włodmierz Bronisław Sokolinski, †
Sgt J. Pasierski, †
Sgt E. Tabaczynski, †
Sgt J. A. Korczynski, air gunner.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Morpeth. Rady for takeoff, the airplane collided with a second RAF Botha registered W5139 and also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes were destroyed and all four occupants escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
Lac A. Skinner +3.

The crew was performing a local training exercise at RAF Morpeth. Upon landing, the airplane collided with a second RAF Botha registered L6339 and also carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes were destroyed and one crew was killed, three others were injured.
Crew:
Lac John Wignall, †
Lac B. H. White,
Sgt J. Zalenski,
Lac H. Wilford.

The airplane departed RAF Charterhall on a joined exercise with a second RAF Blenheim registered L6788. The purpose of the mission was to carry out camera gun astern attacks with the second airplane being the target. While completing the exercise at an altitude of 1,000 feet, L6788 overshot the target airplane and its starboard airscrew stuck the underside fuselage of L8613, causing the tail unit to tear away. Sgt Masters bailed out and landed in the sea and was reported missing believed drowned. Sgt Gracey was killed in the subsequent crashaft. The second airplane landed safely at RAF Charterhall.
Crew:
Sgt John Ross Masters, pilot,
Sgt James Gracey, radio operator.

The pilot, sole on board, was performing a training flight, taking part to the 'Exercise Dryshod'. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in Great Whittington and was destroyed. The pilot was rescued.
Crew:
Sgt W. E. Burns, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2203LT on July 28 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following morning, it was ditched into the North Sea some 16 km off Tynemouth. All five crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt S. H. J. White,
P/O K. C. Wood,
Sgt A. Hammond,
Sgt A. F. Hawkins,
Sgt R. G. Snook.

While on a training sortie out from RAF Acklington, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Alnwick. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Mctaggart Kent, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Lucas, wireless operator.

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a Beaufighter and crashed into the sea off Blyth. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Emil Aster, pilot,
Uffz Arnold Neumann, observer,
Gefr Hans Lehmann, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Thomas, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1723LT on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base in the late evening, the crew encountered heavy snow falls over the north of England. Flying at an altitude of 1,500 feet in poor visibility, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Cheviot. A crew was killed and five others were seriously injured. The next day, two of the survivors died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
Sgt Laurence Warren Hunt, pilot, †
Sgt Thomas Walter Irving, observer, †
Sgt Frederick George Maple, wireless operator, †
P/O B. A. McDonald,
Sgt W. H. Allworth,
Sgt C. F. Glover.

While on an operation to Newcastle, the airplane was shot down by a Beaufighter and crashed into the sea about 5 km off Cresswell. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Heinrich Flick, observer,
Fw Walter Tschorn, pilot,
Uffz Rudolf Hermann, radio operator,
Uffz Axel Reckweg, mechanic.