Avro 679 Manchester

The airplane departed RAF Waddington to attack a synthetic rubber factory located in Hüls. While returning to base and passing over Belgium at night, the airplane was shot down by a DO.215 and crashed in a pasture. A crewman survived and became PoW while six other occupants were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Brian Derek Bowes-Cavanagh, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Surfleet Stuart, pilot, †
F/Sgt Jack A. Cheeseman, observer,
Sgt Andrew Joseph Carter, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt John William Leason, air gunner, †
Sgt Ian Harry Deare Passy, air gunner, †
Sgt George Paul Spindler, wireless operator and air gunner. †

While performing a test flight, the crew encountered technical problems with the starboard engine. The airplane crash landed in a field located at Sibsey, some 4 miles northeast of Boston. Both crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew (97th Squadron):
F/O H. S. Blakeman +1.

While in the approach circuit to RAF Waddington, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located few km from the airbase. All 10 occupants were killed.
Crew (207th Squadron):
F/O Ernest Edwin Gordon Crump, pilot,
P/O John Patrick Anthony Sawyer, pilot,
Sgt John Russell Clements, observer,
Sgt Norman Alan Mathison, wireless operator,
AC1 Reginald Boyd,
LAC Leslie Wilfred Carter,
AC2 James William Grace,
AC2 Jack Lister,
LAC John Frederick Riding,
LAC Harold Francis Winter.

The crew was engaged in a night training exercise out from RAF Coltishall. As the airplane ran out of fuel, the crew initiated an approach when the airplane crashed on final onto a house located in Westwick, less than 3 km north of the airbase. Five crew members were injured while the pilot was killed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
Sgt John Stevens Meighan Warton, pilot, †
P/O D. E. Fox,
F/S Hall,
Sgt F. W. Tewson,
Sgt J. Goldie,
Sgt B. S. Robertson.

The airplane was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Coningsby. During the takeoff roll, the airplane started to swing on runway, went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. All seven occupants evacuated safely while the airplane was destroyed.
Crew (97th Squadron):
Sgt G. H. Hartley,
Sgt Appleyard,
Sgt J. Canham,
Sgt Dean,
Sgt Baker,
Sgt Mayland,
Sgt Gross.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 7 on an operation to Berlin. At 2355LT, whilst outbound over the North Sea, it was damaged by a German fighter. The crew managed to reach Wilhelmshaven, where the bomb load was jettisoned, before turning for home. It subsequently force-landed on Ameland Island. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Wilfred John Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Charles Frank Hall,
Sgt Douglas Kingston,
Sgt Ronald Bruce MacLeod,
Sgt Erie Sinclair Miller,
Sgt Cottrell Samuel Powell.

The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2030LT on September 2 on an operation to Berlin. While approaching the target area at low altitude, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (61st Squadron):
W/Cdr George Engebret Valentine, pilot,
F/Lt Alan Bruce Harrison, pilot,
Cpt John Francis Tufnell Barrett,
Sgt Ernest Edward Dowse, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt James Ernest Nicholson, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Walter Duncan Hamer, air gunner,
F/O Lawrence Duckworth, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Cologne. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in a field in Oberkrüchten. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
P/O Thomas Roberts Gilderthorp, pilot,
P/O Peter Guy Campbell Wood, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard Charles Parker,
Sgt Ben Akrigg, wireless operator, †
Sgt Reginald Wilfred Gray, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Morrant Cadney, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2250LT on August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While passing the border between the Netherlands and Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a field. Five crew members became PoW, another was killed and the seventh was seriously injured. He died few days later from injuries sustained.
Crew (97th Squadron):
Sgt Hugh Currie, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Peter Williams, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Geoffrey Ashmore,
F/Lt John Leslie Nunn,
Sgt Philip Wesley Ratcliff,
Sgt Albert George Smith.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of August 16 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Just after passing the border between the Netherlands and Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The aircraft eventually crash landed in a field and was wrecked. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew (207th Squadron):
Sgt Ernest Gordon Ball,
Sgt John Richard Currie,
Sgt William Hart,
P/O Hugh Gerald Keartland,
Sgt Alexander Ross,
Sgt Alexander Wappett.