Avro 679 Manchester

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2102LT on August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Over Münster, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Münster. All seven crew members bailed out and became PoW.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O Michael Gerald Geoghegan,
F/Sgt Ronald George William Hodkinson,
Sgt Richard William Jones,
F/O James Alexander Little,
Sgt Lloyd George Robinson,
Sgt Graham Leslie Scott,
Sgt Gordon Reginald Tiley.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of August 12 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in a field located in Grossbeeren, some 15 km south of Berlin. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured and became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/Sgt Thomas Beattie, observer, †
F/Sgt George Robert Birt, wireless operator, †
Sgt Donald Hugh McPhail, †
P/O John Jephson Nottidge, pilot, †
S/L George Richard Taylor, pilot, †
F/Sgt W. Wetherill.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 0015LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing over the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in a field located in Slochteren, some 16 km east of Groningen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O William Michael Ronald Smith, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony Robert Cotterell, pilot,
P/O Edward Arthur Reeman, observer,
Sgt James Allen, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Arthur Halfpenny, wireless operator,
Sgt Albert Edward Coakes, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a training mission at RAF Grantham. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The pilot ordered the wireless operator to bail out and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a field. The pilot was killed while the wireless operator was rescued.
Crew:
P/O Cyril George Colborne, pilot, †
Sgt J. Wilson, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2301LT on June 26 on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Dieksanderkoog. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
F/O Kenneth Gordon Webb, pilot,
P/O Laurence Trevor Glover, pilot,
F/S Frank Woodruff, observer,
F/S John Woodward, wireless operator,
Sgt Francis Sydney Haslemore, air gunner,
P/O Cyril McCulloch Bateman, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2336LT on June 26 on an operation to Kiel. While approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea west of Westerhever. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O Francis Edwin Eustace, pilot,
Sgt Cecil Keith Mckenzie, copilot,
F/S John Joseph Clinch, navigator,
F/S James Elkington, bomb aimer,
P/O Alan Albert Morgan, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Peter Victor McLaren, mid upper gunner,
Sgt Charles Paull Penberthy, rear gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of June 21 on an operation to Boulogne-sur-Mer. While returning to base the following night, it was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a Beaufighter and crashed in a field in Wollaston, east of Northampton. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O John Douglas George Withers, pilot,
Sgt Alick Michael James, pilot,
F/Sgt William Brown, observer,
F/Sgt Michael Vincent Browne, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Allan Malone, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Veitch, wireless operator,
Sgt John Allan Maville, air gunner.

The crew was involved in a test flight at RAF Waddington. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, one of the engine failed. The crew lost control of the airplane that crashed just beyond the airfield. A crew member was killed while two others were seriously injured. The aircraft was wrecked. F/S Arnott died from injuries sustained on July 20.
Crew (207th Squadron):
S/L Charles Jjohn French Kydd, pilot, †
F/S John Woodrow Arnott, pilot, †
Sgt L. Syrett.

The crew was performing a test flight from Hucknall to Ternhill on behalf of the Avro Aircraft Company. On final approach to RAF Ternhill, the aircraft stalled and crashed few hundred yards short of runway. Three crew were injured while the TP R. Kirlew was killed.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington with a scratch crew to carry out an engine test, following recent grounding of the Manchesters. An engine fire developed while over the Bristol Channel, but by skilful airmanship, S/L McIntosh succeeded in a crash-landing at Perranporth Airfield, Cornwall. The airframe was later converted for instructional use. All eight occupants evacuated safely.
Crew (207th Squadron):
S/L J. C. McIntosh +7.