Northumberland

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell in the evening of May 6 on an operation to Hamburg. While returning to base the following night, it collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed in the River Humber off Tynemouth. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
Sgt John Hall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alexander Coutts Mee, pilot, †
Sgt David Leo Nola, pilot, †
P/O Clifford Frederick Page, observer, †
Sgt Walter Russell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Craven.

The bomber was shot down by the pilots of two Spitfire and crashed into the sea off Farne Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Johann Heinrich Schaare, pilot,
Lt Hans Werner Jark, observer,
Fw Kurt Pahnke, radio operator,
Uffz Josef Schumacher, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Lossiemouth at 1023LT on an anti-shipping operation. While returning to base, the crew elected to reach RAF Acklington when the airplane crashed ford unknown reasons in Embleton. All three crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Miller,
Sgt Johnson,
Sgt Newbon.

The airplane departed RAF Thornaby at 0845LT on a convoy patrol mission. For unknown reasons, it was ditched into the sea off Tynemouth. All three crew members were injured and rescued.
Crew:
P/O R. Reeve,
P/O G. B. Bass,
Sgt H. M. Bedford.

The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England. While approaching the British coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Spitfire and crashed into the sea off RAF Boulmer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Rolf Bröse, pilot,
Uffz Ernst Helmer, observer,
Fw Karl Düx, radio operator,
Fw Otto Gröbke, mechanic.

While approaching the British coast, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Spitfire and crashed off Coquet Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Hildebrand Voigtländer-Tetzner, pilot,
Lt Rudolf Dietze, observer,
Agefr Walter Wesserer, radio operator,
Ogefr Hans Vandanne, mechanic.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket at 1910LT on November 5 on a bombing mission over Milan. While returning to his base on the next morning, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. Due to the lack of visibility and thunderstorm activity, the crew lost his bearings and was unable to fix his exact position. The reduced his altitude and ditched the airplane some 10 miles off Tynemouth. All five crew members were rescued and the aircraft sank.
Crew (77th Squadron):
Sgt D. H. Gilbert, pilot,
P/O Hayden Hugh Miller, pilot,
Sgt Thorpe, observer,
Sgt Hurlston, wireless operator,
Sgt Bingham, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Newmarket on the evening of October 29 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in hilly terrain in Otterburn. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
P/O Eric Stewart Isaacson Hallows,
Sgt L. S. Hills,
F/L K. T. A. Harvey,
Sgt Fortier,
P/O Womack,
Sgt Peach.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1658LT on October 29 on an operation to Wilhelmshaven. While returning to base the following night, the airplane flew into a hill located in Knarsdale Common, some 3 miles north of Slaggyford. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all five crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew (10th Squadron):
P/O William Edgar Peers, pilot,
Sgt E. H. Ottaway, pilot,
Sgt George F. Dove, wireless operator,
Sgt H. R. George, observer,
Sgt Minor, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1733LT on October 14 to bomb a synthetic oil plant located in Stettin (Szczecin), Poland. While returning to his base, the crew noticed the fuel reserve was insufficient. All five crew members decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The bomber entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Watson Walls, near Bellingham. All five crew members were uninjured.
Crew (10th Squadron):
S/L Kenneth Francis Ferguson, pilot,
Sgt Charles Stanley Rogers, pilot,
Sgt Walter Fraser, observer,
Sgt Ernest Cummings, wireless operator,
Sgt Mark Alfred Niman, air gunner.