Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

The airplane departed RAF Balderton on an operation to Duisburg. It was attacked at 0230LT by a German fighter while nine minutes short of time on target. In spite of the severe damage caused to his Hampden, the pilot reached his objective and after a difficult return flight, on one engine, crash landed on sand dunes at RAF Lakenheath. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. G. Bell,
Sgt J. K. Bell,
Sgt J. S. Murray,
Sgt A. Norman.

The airplane departed RAF Scampton on an operation to Kiel. While returning to base, it drifted too far to the north over the sea and ran out of fuel. The crew ditched the airplane in the early morning some 64 km off Bridlington. The airplane sank and was lost and all four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
S/L Frederick Lionel Newall, pilot,
P/O S. Monkhouse, observer,
P/O G. M. Bishop, wireless operator,
Sgt H. Dickerson, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Balderton 2339LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zevendonk, south of Turnhout. Three crew members were killed and the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Orval Milford Nelson, pilot,
Fl/Sgt Clarence Franklin Lloyd, wireless operator, †
Sgt Harold Price, wireless operator, †
Sgt Herbert Cheval Archer Warr. †

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore 2353LT on July 31 on an operation to Düsseldorf. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Oisterwijk. The observer was killed while three other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Felton Collins, pilot,
Sgt Leonard Lobb, observer, †
Sgt Milton Stanley Whiting, wireless operator,
Sgt George Gray Russell, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O William David Frost,
Sgt Arthur John Greenaway,
W/O William John Kaufman,
W/O Robert Reginald Stewart.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 0001LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Over Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Burgmauer, in the city center. Three crew members were killed and the air gunner became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Robert Edmund Guthrie, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Alexander Brian McMullin, observer, †
F/Sgt Elwin Thomas Hunking, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Howard Morrison, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Cottesmore at 0003LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was probably shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Leffinge, south of Ostend Airport. Three crew members were killed and the observer became PoW.
Crew:
P/O David Gerald McLean, pilot, †
F/Sgt Norman Edgar McGowan, observer,
F/Sgt George Taylor Bloomer, wireless operator, †
Sgt Sydney Alan Shailer, air gunner. †

While being tested in readiness for the Saarbrücken operation, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located 3 km southeast of RAF Balderton. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Lyall Basil Burman Price, pilot,
Sgt Idris Hughes, wireless operator,
Cdt Geoffrey Hughes,
Cdt Keith Rollason Couzin Wood.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Hamburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Andrew Taylor Johnstone,
W/O Harold Naismith Law,
F/Sgt John James Price,
P/O George Edward Tilling.

The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Hamburg. After passing the German coast, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Tönning. Three crew members were killed while the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Needell Rayne, pilot,
P/O John Harold 'Jack' Timmis, observer, †
Sgt Norman Frank Axford, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt John Ridley Elliott, wireless operator and air gunner. †