Short S.29 Stirling

The airplane departed RAF Wyton on the evening of July 25 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning and after passing the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 40 km off Zandvoort. The crew drifted for six days before their dinghy came ashore in the area of Zandvoort.
Crew:
Sgt Brian Dennis Beecroft,
Sgt James Thomas Day,
Sgt Frank Smith,
F/Lt Thomas Henry Bryan Tayler,
F/Lt Frank Thompson,
Sgt Lawrence Crosby Titterton,
Sgt Haydn Neil Guymer.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2250LT on July 25 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in Ouddorp. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt David Cashman Allen,
Sgt Beresford Alister Archibald Joseph Fowler,
P/O Geoffrey Mason Fuller,
F/Lt Michael Colin Gordon Sherwood,
Sgt Robert Ivan Stone,
Sgt Thomas Farley Williams,
Sgt William Peter Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton to attack the Scharnhorst. It is believed that it was damaged by enemy fire and subsequently crashed into the sea, some 50 miles off Milford Heaven, Pembrokeshire. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Robert Balmain Campbell,
F/Sgt William Cockburn,
Sgt George Thomas Friend,
P/O Donald Alfred Lewis, observer,
Sgt Arthur John Mitchell,
P/O John Henry Eric Warner,
Sgt Arthur Ronald Norman Whitcher.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton on an operation to Lille. While trying to bomb a secondary target at Dunkirk, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Killem. Six crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Thomas William Piper, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Herbert Jeeves, pilot, †
Sgt Leslie Osborn Orchard, flight engineer, †
P/O Arnold Hipps, observer, †
Sgt Percy Henry Eve, wireless operator, †
Sgt Sidney Norman Symondson, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Gordon Armstrong,
P/O Jack Reginald Bushell, air gunner. †

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 RAF Oakington at 2300LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. Damaged by the German Flak, the airplane returned to base the following morning but ran out fuel. It was abandoned by the crew and crashed into Gold Street in Northampton. The pilot was killed after he slipped out of his parachute. All six other crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Keith Madgwick, pilot,
Sgt C. H. Tourville,
Sgt W. H. Robinson,
Sgt M. Roach,
Sgt A. Chambers,
Sgt J. M. Donlan,
Sgt H. Macrae.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 2300LT on July 14 on an operation to Hanover. While returning to base the following night, the airplane ran out of fuel and lost two engines. All seven crew members bailed out while the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Newton Flotman. Two crew were injured.
Crew:
F/O D.T. Witt,
Sgt L. D. A. Bolton,
P/O D. K. Deyell,
Sgt A. E. Burrows,
P/O J. L. A. Mills,
Sgt J. T. Prentice,
Sgt L. E. J. Davenport.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton on an operation to Lille. While returning to base, the undercarriage collapsed upon landing and the airplane was damaged beyond repair. All seven crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
P/O D. F. Lagatte,
Sgt J. D. Jeffrey,
Sgt R. B. Strachan,
Sgt G. K. Henson,
Sgt F. Smith,
Sgt H. G. Dickson,
Sgt V. N. Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1030LT to attack a power station located in Chocques. Approaching Boulogne-sur-Mer, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Cecil Victor Fraser, pilot,
P/O Lawrence Beresford O'Reilly, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Hildred Rogers, observer,
Sgt Sidney Bridges, wireless operator,
Sgt Windsor Wilcox, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Jack Clifton,
Sgt Kenneth Russell Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 0453LT on an operation to Mazingarbe. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Béthune. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Bailie, observer, †
Sgt Robei Harold Lomas-Smith, wireless operator, †
P/O Reginald David Morley, pilot, †
Sgt William Ross, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt William George Williams, wireless operator, †
Sgt Leslie Newton Chappell,
Sgt George Stewart Edwards.