Cambridgeshire

The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1734LT on March 3 on an operation to Billancourt. It was hit by the German Flak over the target area on while returning to base, the crew diverted to RAF Oakington for an emergency landing. The airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
F/O Jones,
Sgt Stringer,
Sgt H. A. Hawken,
Sgt Harvey,
Sgt Janes,
Sgt Russell,
Sgt Mitchell.

The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2335LT on February 25 on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base the following night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The Wellington overshot the beacons at RAF Honington and RAF Stradishall then crash landed in an open field located in Fulbourn. All six crew members escaped uninjured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L Cyril Miles, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Alexander Ferguson, copilot,
P/O John Merlin Brown, navigator,
Sgt D. McIlroy,
Sgt J. C. Mason,
Sgt Watts.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton in the evening of February 14 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel. The crew diverted to RAF Upwood where the airplane crashed on final approach at Glossmore Farm. All four crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt R. N. Hamer,
Sgt Haddock,
Sgt Bombing Minchin,
Sgt Watchorn.

The pilot departed RAF Warboys on a solo training mission. For unknown reasons, he was forced to bail out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near RAF Bottisham. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Hargreaves, pilot.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington at 1755LT to attack the airfield of Soesterberg in the Netherlands. While outbound, the airplane overflew an Allied convoy and was promptly fired upon. The crew decided to return to base with the port outer engine damaged when the airplane crash landed while on approach to RAF Oakington. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. D. Hart,
Sgt J. Davies,
Sgt G. Rhodes,
Sgt W. Green,
Sgt F. L. Pool,
Lt H. N. Denny,
Sgt L. C. Young.

The airplane departed RAF Oakington on a cross-country training exercise. Following an unauthorized attack from a Hurricane I V6865 from 56 OTU, both airplanes collided and crashed in Earith. All eight crew members on board the Stirling and the pilot of the Hurricane were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Noel Mahler, pilot,
P/O Ronald Wilkins Taylor, pilot,
Sgt Edward Blacklaw, flight engineer,
P/O James Douglas Waddell, navigator,
Sgt Francis Joseph Lloyd, wireless operator,
P/O Alan John Low, air gunner,
Sgt Walter James Mankelow, air gunner,
Sgt James McCarley, air gunner.

The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Upwood. While circling around the airbase, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Sydney Stephen Lang, pilot,
Sgt Andrew James Sistron, wireless operator and air gunner.

The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Oakington. After landing, while trying to avoid a collision with a tractor, the undercarriage collapsed. All crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt W. J. Runciman,
F/O C. W. Gwilliam,
Sgt R. W. Pratt,
Sgt E. W. Weston,
Sgt Harry Kirkland,
Lt H. N. Denny,
Sgt F. W. Bryant.

The airplane departed RAF Kinloss on an operation over England. For unknown reasons, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a pasture near Shepreth. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew (90th Squadron):
F/Lt Sydney Adnil Pawle Fischer, pilot,
F/Sgt John Kenneth Henson, pilot,
F/Sgt David Musk, observer,
F/Sgt Peter Anthony Gibbs, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert George Gordon Millar, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Wallace George Goold, air gunner,
Sgt Donald Wilcox, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a training exercise to RAF Alconbury. On final approach, a wing dropped and the airplane crashed short of runway. There were no injuries among the crew.
Crew:
Sgt L. E. Lucas.